Cybersecurity 2
CYBER.ORG’s Cybersecurity 2 is a high school course designed as a sequel to Cybersecurity 1 (formally Intro to Cybersecurity) and is intended for students and educators with existing foundational knowledge of cybersecurity concepts. This advanced, technical course extends that foundation with new topics in cryptography, programming and automation, and threat detection, while emphasizing defense strategies such as preventive controls, secure frameworks, and incident response. The curriculum aligns with CYBER.ORG’s High School Cybersecurity Standards and supports objectives from CSTA, ISC2’s Certified in Cybersecurity, and CompTIA’s Security+, and Pentest+ certifications.
Covering grades 9–12, the course is organized into eight in-depth units from frameworks and cryptography to network security and cloud computing. The course’s hands-on labs are designed using the CYBER.ORG Range. Educators are equipped with comprehensive resources, including unit and lesson guides, slide decks for presenting content, unplugged activities, lab files in slide and PDF formats, and assessment banks to support instruction and student mastery.
Students are introduced to the foundational models, frameworks, and concepts that support the cybersecurity field.
Students are introduced to the foundational and advanced concepts in cryptography and encryption.
Explores the various types of security controls and their methods of preventive, detective, corrective, compensating, deterrent, and directive actions and how they work together to protect an organization’s information systems.
Introduces students to the essential components that form the foundation of modern computer networks and the security mechanisms that protect them.
The critical tools and strategies used to detect, investigate, and respond to cybersecurity threats.
How cybersecurity professionals use programming and scripting languages to defend, automate, and investigate cyber threats.
Key components of modern cloud computing, focusing on the types of cloud services, the use of containers in application deployment, and the importance of cloud security.
The lifecycle of handling cybersecurity issues, from identifying events and incidents, responding and recovering from them, documenting findings through reports, and understanding the role of governance and external reporting bodies.