Topic 4d
Cybersecurity Issues
Learning Objectives
By the end of this topic students should be able to:
- Define the following cybersecurity issues:
- malware
- virus
- worm
- Trojan horse
- spyware
- phishing
- denial of service
- Given a specific scenario, classify it as one of the previous security issues.
- Given a specific security issue, identify ways to protect against that issue.
- Explain how a firewall helps protect a computer.
Learning Materials
- Readings
- Section 4.6 - pp 227-231 and 235-238 in your book (you can skip the section on cryptography)
- Videos
- Dr. Diesburg explains Firewalls
- Crash Course CS: Hackers & Cyber Attacks
- SUGGESTION: We think the narrator talks too fast. We found it better to switch the play speed back to 0.9 to help us follow it better.
Checking for Understanding
Answer the following questions from your textbook. The answers to all Q&E questions are in the back of your book in Appendix F.
- p 238, #1
- p 238, #2
Further Information
If you understand this material and are using this in your own courses, you might find the following material beneficial. This material is a supplement to this course and your understanding of this is not assessed.- Crash Course CS: Cybersecurity
- Crash Course CS: Cryptography [Discusses some of the techniques for security of information on the Internet].