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Computer security, cybersecurity or information technology security is the protection of computer systems and networks from the theft of or damage to their hardware, software, or electronic data, as well as from the disruption or misdirection of the services they provide.
Watch video How it Works: Cybersecurity
Watch some short videos on Cyber hygiene
Activity for the week: After watching these videos and learning about cyber hygiene, think about ways you are keeping safe online, especially during this time. Do your practices follow good hygiene? Share these best practices with your family and friends. Sharing is caring!
Activity for the week: ind a current event on a cyber attack. read it and analyze it to see what way it could have been avoided. what role did individual online habits play in the attack?
The language of computers
Activity for the week: In the game, players work for a start-up social network company that is the target of increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks. Working alongside their friend and colleague—a brilliant, business-savvy entrepreneur—their goal is to grow their tiny company into a global empire. To do this, players must complete challenges to strengthen their cyber defenses and thwart their attackers. There are four major gameplay components: a coding challenge, a password challenge, a social engineering challenge, and a series of cyber battles.
Start on the coding challenge. Over the next few weeks, you will learn more to continue working on the lab. First part of the lab is using Blocky, a basic programming editor to navigate through a maze.