Objective:
- Students will investigate common password concepts.
Standards:
- CompTIA Security+ SYO-701 Objective:
- 4.6 – Given a scenario, implement and maintain identity and access management
- Password concepts
- Password best practices
- Length
- Complexity
- Reuse
- Expiration
- Age
- Password managers
- Passwordless
Guiding Question:
- What are some common password concepts?
Resources:
- Lesson Slides Lesson 4.6.3 – Passwords.pptx and Lab Activity Lab – Dictionary.pptx presentations available on Google Classroom
Assignment:
- Follow along with the Lesson 4.6.3 – Passwords.pptx presentation in today’s class.
- Complete the Lab – Dictionary.pptx Activity in class by tomorrow. To demonstrate completion of the lab, upload a screenshot of the Terminal window showing the results of the John the Ripper dictionary attack on the “shadow” file from slide 13 of the Lab presentation.
Posted: September 15th, 2026
Teacher Pacing Due Date: September 16th, 2026