Lesson Plan Cyber Security Threats
Lesson Plan Cyber Security Threats
threats
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
• What is a security measure?
• CAPTCHA
• Biometric security measures
• Password systems
• Automatic software updates
What is it? It’s a security measure to confirm someone’s identity to confirm an account. Did you receive an
email to confirm that
What’s it’s used for? To ensure you are who you say you are, a real person and stop was your real email
fraud, form of verification address?
What programs use it? Anything where you would create an account online that has
personal information and put in an email address.
Activity
Watch a video of someone verifying there account
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• Have a discussion
• Answer open
questions
• Answer directed
questions
• https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/using-epassport-gates-airport-border-control
Password systems
• Have a discussion
• Answer open
questions
• Answer directed
questions
• What types of programs use it? Security checks for most websites, banks, social
networking, and ballots.
Email confirmation What is it? It’s a security measure to confirm someone’s identity to confirm an account.
What’s it’s used for? To ensure you are who you say you are, a real person and stop fraud, form
of verification
What programs use it? Anything where you would create an account online that has personal
information and put in an email address.
• Building access
Why is it important?
Where viruses and attack methods are always evolving it is incredibly important to have your
software applications updating as these recent update may contain new bits of code which can
defend against the new viruses of today. Not having your software updated means that it may
be vulnerable to weaknesses that have been patched by updates.