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9-12S.NI.5 (Computer Science)


Standard Identifier: 9-12S.NI.5
Content Area: Computer Science
Grade Range: 9–12 Specialty
Concept: Networks & the Internet
Subconcept: Cybersecurity
Practice(s): Creating Computational Artifacts (5.3)

Standard:
Develop solutions to security threats.

Descriptive Statement:
Designing and implementing cybersecurity measures requires knowledge of software, hardware, and human components and understanding tradeoffs. Students design solutions to security threats and compare tradeoffs of easier access and use against the costs of losing information and disrupting services. For example, students could refine a technology that allows users to use blank or weak passwords. Alternatively, students could implement a firewall or proxy protection between an organization's private local area network (LAN) and the public Internet. Additionally, students could find and close exploitable threats on an infected computer in order to protect information.

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