CyberPatriot

Explore online safety by defining cyberbullying, identifying personal identifiable information, and learning to protect yourself online through blocking, reporting, and documenting incidents.

Learn online safety and personal identifiable information risks, including identity theft, Social Security numbers, and protecting credit cards, passwords, and private data through careful browsing and cautious posting.

Explore cyber ethics in cybersecurity practice, learn the ten commandments of computer ethics, and distinguish ethical from legal behavior while considering social consequences and intellectual property.

Explore real-world cyber ethics through the Terry Childs case, examining unauthorized access, corporate security policies, and the consequences of withholding system passwords on critical government networks.

Analyze a current event on ethics as a CEO's animal cruelty incident prompts anger management, a $100,000 donation to an animal charity, public apology, and resignation to protect company image.

Explore ethical decision making in real-world emergencies, examining a subway good Samaritan case and whether one must continue protection, highlighting everyday acts of courage and responsibility.

Refuse to hack into someone’s account and identify an ethical response to this scenario. Advise affected friend to report the post to Instagram and rely on its policies for removal.

Explore how bullying in online games is addressed via conduct standards and reporting procedures. Involve an adult, report to the publisher, and avoid untrusted tools that could harm devices.

Explore workplace ethics in a security firm through scenario 3, where Sophia and supervisor Christopher test workstation locking policies and the ethical impact of joking with colleagues.

Explore the ethics of wireless access in scenario four, where Ashley breaks into a wifi network she doesn't own. Learn to seek written authorization and notify the store manager.

as cyber patriots in scenario five, learners learn to handle privileged information by reporting a password issue to the teacher, avoid unauthorized access, and choose ethical honesty despite potential consequences.

Joel overhears a rival discussing a port vulnerability in a CyberPatriot scenario and must act under the rule book by reporting the indirect outside assistance, emphasizing ethics in cybersecurity.

Explore basic cybersecurity principles, including the CIA triad, threats vs vulnerabilities, and risks, then examine threat types, countermeasures, and essential user security processes like password configuration and management.

Explore the CIA triad—confidentiality, integrity, and availability—and how encryption, hashing, access control, and backups protect data, ensure source integrity, and sustain availability through people, processes, and technology.

Define threats and vulnerabilities, explain how attackers exploit weaknesses, and use a risk matrix to prioritize protections by probability and impact, illustrated by a Target breach.

Explore cyber threats and countermeasures from dumpster diving and shoulder surfing to malware, phishing, social engineering, and botnets, and learn practical defenses like encryption, secure passwords, and situational awareness.

Explore viruses, worms, trojan horses, back doors, time bombs, spyware, keyloggers, and botnets, and learn defense in depth, patch management, and anti-malware practices for cyber defense.

Explore basic cybersecurity techniques: identification and authentication of users with factors, authorization of resources, accountability through logs, and addressing threats including insider risks and password policies.

Explore password policies and practical techniques to strengthen cybersecurity, from building long, mixed-case, symbol-rich passwords to avoiding common words, using site-specific variations, and enabling two-factor authentication.

explore computer basics and virtualization by examining internal components, operating system purposes, and basic network concepts, with hands-on insights from Cisco Networking Academy and Packet Tracer visualization.

Explore computer anatomy, including the CPU, RAM, storage types (spinning and solid-state), motherboard and BIOS/UEFI firmware, input/output devices, and basic hardware vulnerabilities.

Explore how operating systems power hardware and software, focusing on Windows, Ubuntu, and OSX, with open versus closed source, GUI and command line, and virtualization via virtual machines.

Explore how virtual machines create isolated guest environments on a host using hypervisors, enabling multiple operating systems and scalable, secure testing.

Explore networking basics by examining devices like servers, switches, routers, wireless access points, and firewalls, and learn how security, encryption, and network access control harden networks.

Explore the history of Microsoft Windows, learn Windows basics, and discover MSDN resources for CyberPatriot teams. Understand terminology, like printer as software, and how to access MSDN.

Trace the evolution of Windows from the MS-DOS era to Windows 10, highlighting Windows 95 through server editions, and the shift from 32-bit to 64-bit architecture and TCP/IP adoption.

Explore what MSDN, the Microsoft Developer Network, offers CyberPatriot participants through the DreamSpark rebranding, including free access to thousands of Microsoft tools and two-year licenses.

Learn to use MSDN for training by creating a VMware Player virtual machine, installing Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit from an ISO, and configuring RAM and storage.

Explore built-in Windows security tools, from Control Panel to Windows Firewall, Windows Update, and Windows Defender, and learn how Windows account management and permissions affect security in CyberPatriot.

Apply basic security policies and tools in a Windows 7 virtual lab, using read me scenarios, password practices, and administrator tools to secure a simulated IIS web server for CyberPatriot.

This lecture covers basic security policies and tools, detailing local security policies, password policy parameters (history, age, length, complexity), and account lockout and Windows Defender management.

Learn to secure Windows systems by enabling Windows firewall, configuring home, work, and public networks, and managing inbound and outbound rules and update settings for ongoing protection.

Explore account management by examining users and groups, admin vs user accounts, and password practices; learn to manage local and domain settings, guest accounts, computer management, and security best practices.

Learn account management in Windows by creating users, configuring passwords, and organizing groups (administrator, backup operators, contractors) to enforce least-privilege access.

Learn to configure Microsoft Windows security through file and folder permissions, understand backups and best practices for backup strategies, and use auditing and logs to track actions and preserve evidence.

Learn how NTFS file permissions in Windows enforce confidentiality and integrity through least privilege, inheritance, and breaking inheritance, with encryption of folders and files, and password-protected documents.

Explore Windows auditing via Event Viewer to review security and system logs and enable audit policies for login events. Learn to interpret entries and export logs to detect intrusions.

Explore perfmon and task manager to analyze real-time and historical system performance. Learn startup optimization and hardening by removing unneeded programs and disabling unnecessary services to boost security.

Explore Linux basics, architecture, and the Ubuntu distribution, compare similarities and differences with Windows, and introduce the command line environment to help you adapt to Linux.

This lecture explains linux as an open source unix-based operating system, its kernel and distributions, shell access, gui variants, package management, and the open community’s security and compatibility with Windows.

Explore Ubuntu terminology and concepts, including root and user accounts, sudo authentication, and the Linux file hierarchy, with Windows comparisons and GUI versus command line.

Explore Ubuntu command lines through the terminal, learn ls, dir, and ll, understand permissions, and edit text with gedit or pico in a non-graphical Linux environment.

Explore the Ubuntu command line basics, including cat -n redirection, gedit editing, and sudo for adding users and root access in documents.

Explore Ubuntu security in a Unix/Linux environment, covering account management, updating and patching, firewalls, Ubuntu user configuration, authentication and PAM, and essential Linux commands for system and audit logging.

Learn Ubuntu graphical user interface security by configuring user accounts, enabling automatic updates, and securing the system with a firewall via graphical interfaces and command line, highlighting zero-day patching.

Explore basic command line security using gedit and PAM to configure password policies, account lockout, and password history, with hands-on linux terminal practice and root access guidance.

Explore advanced Ubuntu security mechanisms, including file permissions, chmod, system logs and audit policies, user and group management, boot up manager, and service configuration via apt-get.