Cybersecurity September Updates

Here are some updates to the CodeHS Cybersecurity Course!

Improved Lesson Plans

The following lesson plans have been improved with new discussion questions, timing guidance, and more!

• What is Cybersecurity? 1.3–1.5
• Digital Citizenship 2.1–2.4

Alternative Video Choices

For schools that have blocked YouTube, we have added alternate video links for our connection activities.

• WannaCry Ransomware CodeHS Video
• Internet of Things CodeHS Video

New Activities

The following exercises can be found in the supplemental folder named Simulations.

• Social Media Cleanup Simulation — Review and edit the fake profile page of a rising senior.

• Guess: Password List Game — Can you crack the code when given a password list and a few clues?

• Guess: Using an Algorithm Simulation — How long will it take for a computer algorithm to go through and check all possible passcodes for a four-digit code?

• Guess: Brute Force — Can you crack a two-digit code using brute force and a few clues? Can you do it without the clues?