Teaching Security
The “Teaching Security” lessons introduce the foundational ideas of cybersecurity, built on threat modeling and the human-centered nature of authentication.
The materials are prepared by subject-matter experts with research backgrounds in the technical workings and social implications of cybersecurity.
Our lessons are designed to meet the cybersecurity learning objectives in the AP® Computer Science Principles (CSP) framework, but they are flexible enough to be used in any high school computer science class or program.
The Teaching Security Lessons
The Security Mindset: Cybersecurity through Threat Modeling
Introduces students to the basic concepts of cybersecurity and the “Security Mindset” through a series of threat modeling activities.
What Is Authentication and Why Do We Need It?
Breaks down the role of user identification and authentication in keeping systems secure.
Social Engineering: The Oldest Hack
Gets students thinking about how both human nature and the structure of the Internet contribute to social engineering attacks.
Join Us at SIGSCE!
We’ll be hosting a workshop called “Teaching Cybersecurity in CSP (or Any CS Class): Introducing the Security Mindset” at the ACM SIGCSE conference in March.