Objectives:
- Students will be able to work in teams as an IT department to design cost-effective security plans for various organizational scenarios.
Standards:
- Students will be able to use a risk matrix to prioritize physical vulnerabilities in a given scenario.
- Students will be able to design a cost-effective security plan that combines managerial and physical controls.
Guiding Question:
Why is Physical Security important to Cybersecurity?
Resources:
- Video Reviewing Risk Matrix:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-E-jfcoR2W0 - 2.2 Protecting Spaces Slide Deck.pptx available on Google Classroom
- 2.2 Scenarios Student Lab Guide available on Google Classroom
Assignment:
- Read through the 2.2 Protecting Spaces Slide Deck.pptx presentation in today’s class.
- Divide into groups of 2 – 3. There are five stations located around the classroom, each with a physical facility that you will be tasked with securing. Choose one of the five stations to start with.
- Work as a team to complete the 2.2 Scenarios Student Lab Guide document available in the Google Classroom to for the physical facility represented by your station. You will be given time to answer the questions in the Lab Guide for your given scenario, then we will rotate to the next station.
- Follow the instructions in the Lab Guide to complete the Risk Matrix and design resource-efficient security plans to balance the various priorities in each scenario. We will discuss your results in class.
Assigned: October 22nd, 2025
Teacher Pacing Due Date: October 23rd, 2025