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AP Cybersecurity

CYBER.ORG: AP Cybersecurity – Lesson 3.1.2 – Architecture Considerations

Objective:

  • Students will analyze common architecture considerations.

Standards:

CompTIA Security+ SYO-701 Objective:
3.1 – Compare and contrast security implications of different architecture models

  • Considerations
    • Availability
    • Resilience
    • Cost
    • Responsiveness
    • Scalability
    • Risk transference
    • Ease of recovery
    • Patch availability
    • Inability to patch
    • Power
    • Compute

Guiding Question:

What are common architecture considerations?

Resources:

  • Lesson 3.1.2 – Architecture Considerations.pptx Presentation available on Google Classroom

Assignment:

  1. Read the Lesson 3.1.2 – Architecture Considerations.pptx presentation in today’s class.
  2. Complete the Lesson 3.1.2 – Architecture Considerations – Guided Notes – Fall 2025 Form using the materials provided in Google Classroom.

Assigned: December 9th, 2025
Teacher Pacing Due Date: December 10th, 2025

AP Cybersecurity

CYBER.ORG: AP Cybersecurity – Lesson 4.1.3 – Mobile Solutions

Objective:

  • Students will investigate mobile solutions.

Standards:

CompTIA Security+ SYO-701 Objective:
4.1 – Given a scenario, apply common security techniques to computing

  • Mobile solutions
    • Mobile device management (MDM)
    • Deployment models
      • Bring your own device (BYOD)
      • Corporate-owned, personally enabled (COPE)
      • Choose your own device (CYOD)
    • Connection methods
      • Cellular
      • Wi-Fi
      • Bluetooth

Guiding Question:

What are common mobile solutions?

Resources:

  • Lesson 4.1.3 – Mobile Solutions.pptx Presentation available on Google Classroom

Assignment:

  1. Read the Lesson 4.1.3 – Mobile Solutions.pptx presentation in today’s class.
  2. Complete the Case Study – Geolocation.pdf Activity in class using the materials provided in Google Classroom.

Assigned: December 8th, 2025
Teacher Pacing Due Date: December 9th, 2025

AP Cybersecurity

CYBER.ORG: AP Cybersecurity – Lesson 2.3.4 – Supply Chain, Zero-day, and Cryptographic Vulnerabilities

Objective:

  • Students will analyze potential supply chain issues and how to mitigate them.

Standards:

CompTIA Security+ SYO-701 Objective:
2.3 – Explain various types of vulnerabilities

  • Supply chain
    • Service provider
    • Hardware provider
    • Software provider
  • Cryptographic
  • Misconfiguration
  • Mobile device
    • Side loading
    • Jailbreaking
  • Zero-day

Guiding Question:

What are common supply chain issues and how can they be mitigated?

Resources:

  • Lesson 2.3.4 – Supply Chain, Zero-day, and Cryptographic Vulnerabilities.pptx Presentation available on Google Classroom

Assignment:

  1. Read the Lesson 2.3.4 – Supply Chain, Zero-day, and Cryptographic Vulnerabilities.pptx presentation in today’s class.
  2. Complete the Case Study – Zero Day Attack.pdf Activity in class using the materials provided in Google Classroom.

Assigned: December 5th, 2025
Teacher Pacing Due Date: December 8th, 2025

AP Cybersecurity

CYBER.ORG: AP Cybersecurity – Lesson 2.3.3 – Hardware and Virtualization Vulnerabilities

Objective:

  • Students will analyze potential indicators associated with hardware and virtualization vulnerabilities.

Standards:

CompTIA Security+ SYO-701 Objective:
2.3 – Explain various types of vulnerabilities

  • Hardware
    • Firmware
    • End-of-life
    • Legacy
  • Virtualization
    • Virtual machine (VM) escape
    • Resource reuse
  • Cloud-specific

Guiding Question:

What are hardware and virtualization vulnerabilities and how can they be mitigated?

Resources:

  • Lesson 2.3.3 – Hardware and Virtualization Vulnerabilities.pptx Presentation available on Google Classroom

Assignment:

  1. Read the Lesson 2.3.3 – Hardware and Virtualization Vulnerabilities.pptx presentation in today’s class.
  2. Complete the Case Study – VENOM Vulnerability.pdf Activity in class using the materials provided in Google Classroom.

Assigned: December 4th, 2025
Teacher Pacing Due Date: December 5th, 2025

AP Cybersecurity

CYBER.ORG: AP Cybersecurity – Lesson 2.3.2, Pt. 2 – Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Lab

Objective:

  • Students will analyze potential indicators associated with vulnerabilities in operating system and web-based attacks.

Standards:

CompTIA Security+ SYO-701 Objective:

2.3 – Explain various types of vulnerabilities

  • Operating system (OS)-based
  • Web-based
    • Structured Query Language injection (SQLi)
    • Cross-site scripting (XSS)

Guiding Question:

What are some vulnerabilities in operating systems and web applications that can lead to malicious attacks?

Resources:

  • Lesson 2.3.2 – OS and Web-based Vulnerabilities.pptx and Lab – XSS DVWA.pptx Presentations available on Google Classroom

Assignment:

  1. Review the Lesson 2.3.2 – OS and Web-based Vulnerabilities.pptx presentation, if necessary.
  2. Complete the Lab – XSS DVWA.pptx Activity in class using the materials provided in Google Classroom.
  3. To confirm completion the lab activity, upload a screenshot displaying the Session ID (PHPSESSID) using the XSS (Reflected) Vulnerability attack to today’s Google Classroom post.

Assigned: December 3rd, 2025
Teacher Pacing Due Date: December 4th, 2025

AP Cybersecurity

CYBER.ORG: AP Cybersecurity – Lesson 2.3.2 – OS and Web-based Vulnerabilities

Objective:

  • Students will analyze potential indicators associated with vulnerabilities in operating system and web-based attacks.

Standards:

CompTIA Security+ SYO-701 Objective:

2.3 – Explain various types of vulnerabilities

  • Operating system (OS)-based
  • Web-based
    • Structured Query Language injection (SQLi)
    • Cross-site scripting (XSS)

Guiding Question:

What are some vulnerabilities in operating systems and web applications that can lead to malicious attacks?

Resources:

  • Lesson 2.3.2 – OS and Web-based Vulnerabilities.pptx and Lab – SQL Injection DVWA.pptx Presentations available on Google Classroom

Assignment:

  1. Read the Lesson 2.3.2 – OS and Web-based Vulnerabilities.pptx presentation, in today’s class.
  2. Complete the Lab – SQL Injection DVWA.pptx Activity in class using the materials provided in Google Classroom.
  3. To confirm completion the lab activity, upload a screenshot displaying the user information from the Victim Website, including the hashed passwords, generated using a successful SQL Injection attack to today’s Google Classroom post.

Assigned: December 2nd, 2025
Teacher Pacing Due Date: December 3rd, 2025

AP Cybersecurity

CYBER.ORG: AP Cybersecurity – Lesson 4.1.4 – Application Security

Objective:

  • Students will investigate methods to secure applications.

Standards:

CompTIA Security+ SYO-701 Objective:


4.1 – Given a scenario, apply common security techniques to computing

  • Application security
    • Input validation
    • Secure cookies
    • Static code analysis
    • Code signing
  • Sandboxing
  • Monitoring

Guiding Question:

  • How are applications secured?

Resources:

Lesson 4.1.4 – Application Security.pptx Presentation and Lesson 4.1.4 – Application Security – Guided Notes – Fall 2025 Form available on Google Classroom

Assignment:

  1. Read through the Lesson 4.1.4 – Application Security.pptx presentation in today’s class.
  2. Complete the Lesson 4.1.4 – Application Security – Guided Notes – Fall 2025 Form using the materials provided.

Assigned: December 1st, 2025
Teacher Pacing Due Date: December 2nd, 2025

AP Cybersecurity

CYBER.ORG: AP Cybersecurity – Lesson 2.4.12 – Lab Activity – Buffer Overflow

Objective:

  • Students will analyze potential indicators associated with application attacks.

Standards:

CompTIA Security+ SYO-701 Objective:
2.4 – Given a scenario, analyze indicators of malicious activity

  • Application Attacks
    • Injection
    • Buffer overflow
    • Forgery

Guiding Question:

What are some common application attacks including replay, privilege escalation and directory traversal and how can you defend against them?

Resources:

  • Lesson 2.4.12 – Application Attacks Pt 2.pptx and Lab – Buffer Overflow.pptx Presentations available on Google Classroom

Assignment:

  1. Review the Lesson 2.4.12 – Application Attacks Pt 2.pptx presentation, if necessary.
  2. Complete the Lab – Buffer Overflow.pptx Activity in class using the materials provided in Google Classroom.
  3. To confirm completion the lab activity, upload a screenshot displaying the Windows Desktop containing the “document_1” file, the “Malicious” folder and a Wordpad window with the “We have taken over your system” message, demonstrating the Windows 7 system has been successfully compromised to today’s Google Classroom post.

Assigned: November 25th, 2025
Teacher Pacing Due Date: November 26th, 2025

AP Cybersecurity

CYBER.ORG: AP Cybersecurity – Lesson 2.4.12 – Application Attacks Part 2

Objective:

  • Students will analyze potential indicators associated with application attacks.

Standards:

CompTIA Security+ SYO-701 Objective:
2.4 – Given a scenario, analyze indicators of malicious activity

  • Application Attacks
    • Injection
    • Buffer overflow
    • Forgery

Guiding Question:

What are some common application attacks including injection, buffer overflow and forgery and how can you defend against them?

Resources:

  • Lesson 2.4.12 – Application Attacks Part 2.pptx Presentation available on Google Classroom

Assignment:

  1. Read the Lesson 2.4.11 – Application Attacks Part 1.pptx presentation, in today’s class.
  2. Complete the Lab – Command Injection.pptx Activity in class using the materials provided in Google Classroom.
  3. To confirm completion the lab activity, upload a screenshot displaying your Windows system DVWA Command Injection window displaying the passwd file edited with today’s date (as demonstrated in Slide 14 of the Lab presentation) to today’s Google Classroom post.

Assigned: November 24th, 2025
Teacher Pacing Due Date: November 25th, 2025

AP Cybersecurity

CYBER.ORG: AP Cybersecurity – Lesson 2.4.11 – Lab Activity – Directory Traversal

Objective:

  • Students will analyze potential indicators associated with application attacks.

Standards:

CompTIA Security+ SYO-701 Objective:
2.4 – Given a scenario, analyze indicators of malicious activity

  • Application Attacks
    • Replay
    • Privilege escalation
    • Directory traversal

Guiding Question:

What are some common application attacks including replay, privilege escalation and directory traversal and how can you defend against them?

Resources:

  • Lesson 2.4.11 – Application Attacks Part 1.pptx and Lab – Directory Traversal.pptx Presentations available on Google Classroom

Assignment:

  1. Review the Lesson 2.4.11 – Application Attacks Part 1.pptx presentation, if necessary.
  2. Complete the Lab – Directory Traversal.pptx Activity in class using the materials provided in Google Classroom.
  3. To confirm completion the lab activity, upload a screenshot displaying your Windows system web browser displaying the “Secret Message” you created (as demonstrated in Slide 15 of the Lab presentation) to today’s Google Classroom post.

Assigned: November 21st, 2025
Teacher Pacing Due Date: November 24th, 2025