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Course · organized by the College Board CED

AP® Cybersecurity

Five units on how adversaries attack spaces, networks, devices, applications and data, and how defenders protect and detect. Every page here is mapped to the course and exam description (CED) codes it covers, with a self-marking checkpoint at the end.

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Before Unit 3: Networking Basics

Three short sessions on networks, addresses and wireless, with an ARP poisoning simulator. Start here if Unit 3 feels like a jump.

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Unit 1 · about 10 class periods

Introduction to Security

  • 1.1 Understanding Social Engineering coming soon
  • 1.2 Suspicious Wi-Fi Login coming soon
  • 1.3 The Dangers of Public Wi-Fi coming soon
  • 1.4 AI-Based Cybersecurity Attacks coming soon
  • 1.5 Leveraging AI in Cyber Defense coming soon

Unit 2 · about 21 class periods

Securing Spaces

  • 2.1 Cyber Foundations coming soon
  • 2.2 Physical Vulnerabilities and Attacks coming soon
  • 2.3 Protecting Physical Spaces coming soon
  • 2.4 Detecting Physical Attacks coming soon

Unit 3 · about 26 class periods

Securing Networks

  • 3.1 Network Vulnerabilities and Attacks coming soon
  • 3.2 Protecting Networks: Managerial Controls and Wireless Security coming soon
  • 3.3 Protecting Networks: Segmentation coming soon
  • 3.4 Protecting Networks: Firewalls coming soon
  • 3.5 Detecting Network Attacks coming soon

Unit 4 · about 23 class periods

Securing Devices

  • 4.1 Device Vulnerabilities and Attacks coming soon
  • 4.2 Authentication coming soon
  • 4.3 Protecting Devices coming soon
  • 4.4 Detecting Attacks on Devices coming soon

Unit 5 · about 30 class periods

Securing Applications and Data

  • 5.1 Application and Data Vulnerabilities and Attacks coming soon
  • 5.2 Protecting Applications and Data: Managerial Controls and Access Controls coming soon
  • 5.3 Protecting Stored Data with Cryptography coming soon
  • 5.4 Asymmetric Cryptography coming soon
  • 5.5 Protecting Applications coming soon
  • 5.6 Detecting Attacks on Applications and Data coming soon

Unit titles, topic titles and pacing follow the College Board's AP® Cybersecurity Course and Exam Description. All notes, figures and questions on this site are original.