7-8 Digital Technologies: Account security and cyber threats
Students learn to protect accounts with strong unique passphrases and multi-factor authentication, and to recognise and respond to phishing, social engineering and malware.
One content description (VC2TDI8S03) from the full 7-8 Digital Technologies Vic Curric - Digital Systems and Security journey. All 27 modules below are in that journey too, with the same content — add just these to a class, or the whole strand.
Modules (27)
1
Digital account
2
Username and password
3
Strong passwords
4
Passphrase
5
Risks of password re-use
6
Data breach
7
Unique passphrase for each account
8
Password manager
9
Authentication factors
10
Multi-factor authentication
11
Types of MFA
12
How MFA protects an account when the password is stolen
13
Limits of MFA
14
Phishing
15
Spotting the signs of a phishing message
16
Checking links and fake websites
17
Smishing and vishing
18
Social engineering
19
Malware
20
Viruses
21
Worms
22
Spyware
23
Ransomware
24
Antivirus software
25
Keeping software updated
26
Responding to a suspected compromise
27
Securely accessing multiple systems and accounts
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