
Explore how the CyberPatriot competition operates: student teams defend Linux and Windows systems, score points by fixing vulnerabilities, and advance to national finals in Washington, D.C.
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 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.
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.
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 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 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.
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.
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.
CyberPatriot is an amazing program. It is a National Youth Cyber Education Program with emphasis on the national competition. In this course you will be introduced to the program, competition and basic skills needed to compete. This course should be used as a supplement to tools provided by your Coach, Technical Mentor, and resources covered in these videos. There are a great deal resources available to prepare you. Please take advantage of them.Students learn about the importance of cybersecurity and its role in protecting computer systems and networks. They gain an understanding of common threats and vulnerabilities and the basic principles of securing information. Microsoft provides a range of security tools and features to enhance the security of Windows operating systems. It's important to keep your Windows operating system up to date and leverage these tools alongside other security best practices to maintain a secure computing environment. Cyber ethics, also known as internet ethics or online ethics, refers to the principles and guidelines that govern ethical behavior and responsible conduct in the digital world. It encompasses the moral and ethical considerations related to the use of computers, the internet, and digital technologies.
1. Introduction to CyberPatriot and cybersecurity
2. Introduction to Online Safety
3. Cyber Ethics
4. Principles of Cybersecurity
5. Computer Basics and Virtualization
6. Microsoft Windows Basic and MSDN
7. Microsoft Windows Security Tools
8. Microsoft Windows Security Configuration
9. Introduction to Linux and Ubuntu
10. Ubuntu Security Configuration