Hello again! It's the first week of October, and it's finally starting to feel like Fall 🍂. We're going to get further into Unit 2 during this abbreviated week:
Lesson 2.2: Adversaries and Motivations in Physical Security
Lesson 2.3: Cyberattack Phases and Organizational Compromise
FYI Parent-teacher conferences are from 5-8pm on Thursday, October 8th; you can use this link to sign up! Also, there will be no school for students on Friday October 9th due to a teacher PD day.
I hope you enjoy this short week! Please let me know if you have any questions.
And just like that, it's October! 🎃 I hope the new school year is going well for you so far. This week, we'll wrap up our first unit with your group project presentations and then take the Unit 1 Exam. Here's the plan for this week:
present Unit 1 Projects
Unit 1 Practice Exam
Unit 1 Exam
start Unit 2: Securing Spaces
Lesson 2.1: Social Engineering in Physical Security (notes)
Parents: Please use this link to sign up for Parent-Teacher Conferences on Thursday, October 8th. You can also reach out to me through email any time you have any questions or concerns.
Unit 2 is all about preventing someone from breaking in by securing facilities, so I think you'll really enjoy these activities. I hope you have a great week!
Hello again, and welcome to fall! 🍂 This week, we'll begin to wrap up Unit 1 with a group project – should be an easy week leading up to Homecoming weekend. Here's the plan:
finish Lesson 1.10: How Defenders Use AI (notes)
Unit 1 Project: Suspicious Digital Incident Security Briefing
I hope you have fun at all the Homecoming festivities this upcoming weekend! Please let me know if you have any questions.
Welcome to the last week of summer! Here's the plan for this week as we look into the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on cybersecurity:
Lesson 1.8: How AI Expands Cyberattacks (notes)
Lesson 1.9: Protecting Yourself from AI-Augmented Attacks (notes)
Lesson 1.10: How Defenders Use AI (notes)
As always, let me know if you have any questions. Have a great week!
Hello again, I hope you enjoyed this beautiful 3-day weekend! This week, we're going to continue our work on Unit 1 with a focus on wireless security. Here's the plan:
Lesson 1.6: Adversaries and Wireless Attacks (notes)
Lesson 1.7: Safer Internet and Wi-Fi Habits (notes)
We may also have a quiz this week, depending on whether or not I can get AP Classroom working. I'll let you know the day before we take it - I'm not a fan of pop quizzes. Have a wonderful abbreviated week, and let me know if you have any questions!
Hello future security experts! Here's what we're doing in class this week as we continue our work in Unit 1:
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Lesson 1.3: Recognizing Password Attacks (notes)
Lesson 1.4: Weak Authentication and Password Patterns (notes)
Lesson 1.5: Strengthening Authentication (notes)
Since you're technically in a computer science class, you should consider joining the RHS Coders Club! We meet after school on Tuesdays in Room 211 (the same classroom you're already in for AP Cybersecurity), and everyone is welcome regardless of coding ability. It would be great to have you!
As always, please let me know if you have any questions. I hope you have a great 3-day weekend!
Welcome to the first full week of school! I hope that school has started well for you and any issues you had with your schedule have all been worked out. Now that we've had a few days to get to know each other a little better, we can get to work! Here's what we're doing in class this week:
Lesson 1.1: Cybersecurity and Social Engineering Basics (notes)
Lesson 1.2: Why Social Engineering Works and What It Causes (notes)
This unit is full of fundamental cybersecurity concepts that we'll use throughout the entire course, so make sure you complete all the activities, and let me know if you have any questions. Have a great week!
Welcome to the 2026-2027 school year! I'm excited to have you in class, and I hope you're looking forward to a good year of learning about cybersecurity.
The AP Cybersecurity course is designed to be the equivalent of a one-semester college-level introduction to cybersecurity course. This course allows students to explore defense-in-depth strategies and learn to address specific vulnerabilities, attacks, mitigations, and detection measures across a variety of domains, including physical spaces, computer networks, devices, applications, and data. We'll also learn advanced computing techniques, such as the Linux shell, basic scripting, and fundamentals of computer networking.
Here's what we're doing in class for the first week of school:
Welcome to AP Cybersecurity! - first day presentation
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I hope you have a great first week and that you're able to get some rest this weekend before we attempt to go to school for five full days without strange bell schedules. Let me know you have any questions!