WA Computer Science ATAR Year 11 — Cyber Security

1 What cyber security is 2 Asset 3 Confidentiality 4 Integrity 5 Availability 6 Threat 7 Vulnerability 8 Exploit 9 Threat actor 10 Attack surface 11 Risk as likelihood and impact 12 Cyber security incident 13 LAN and WAN 14 Network switch 15 Router 16 Wireless access point 17 IP address 18 What a MAC address is 19 Packet switching 20 The TCP/IP four-layer model 21 Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) 22 User Datagram Protocol (UDP) 23 Port numbers 24 Domain name server (DNS) 25 Purpose of HTTP 26 Wired transmission 27 Wireless transmission 28 Wired vs wireless: security 29 Interception of data on a network 30 Risks of unsecured public Wi-Fi 31 Man-in-the-middle attacks 32 Malware 33 Viruses 34 Worms 35 Trojan horse 36 Spyware 37 Adware 38 Ransomware 39 Social engineering 40 Phishing 41 Spear phishing 42 Smishing and vishing 43 Pretexting 44 Physical social engineering: tailgating and baiting 45 Pharming 46 Denial of service attacks 47 Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack 48 Unauthorised network access 49 Insider threats and human error 50 Input validation 51 SQL injection 52 Cross-site scripting (XSS) 53 Buffer overflow 54 Zero-day vulnerabilities 55 Outdated versions of software 56 Default credentials and insecure settings 57 Improper credential management 58 Software supply chain 59 Compromised software updates 60 Impact of a cyber attack on an organisation 61 Impact of a cyber attack on an individual 62 Why data is encrypted 63 Plaintext 64 Ciphertext 65 Encryption key 66 Encrypting a message with a Caesar shift 67 Decrypting a message with a Caesar shift 68 Key space: how many keys a cipher has 69 Breaking a Caesar cipher by trying every shift 70 Frequency analysis 71 Why a Caesar cipher is weak compared with modern encryption 72 Base64 is encoding, not encryption 73 Encryption and decryption 74 Symmetric encryption 75 AES 76 The risk of sharing a symmetric key 77 Keeping an encryption key secret 78 Asymmetric encryption 79 Public key 80 Private key 81 Sending a secure message with asymmetric encryption 82 RSA 83 ECDH 84 ECDSA 85 Comparing symmetric and asymmetric keys 86 Hashing functions 87 Using hashes to check data integrity 88 Why passwords are stored as hashes 89 Salting a password hash 90 Protecting data at rest 91 Protecting data in transit 92 Why encrypted data is useless to an interceptor 93 HTTP compared with HTTPS 94 Secure socket layer (SSL) protocol 95 SSL certificates and the handshake 96 HTTPS and the padlock 97 Virtual private networks (VPNs) 98 Securing a Wi-Fi network 99 Why data is checked after transmission 100 Checksum 101 What data integrity means in transmission 102 Authentication vs authorisation 103 Authentication factors 104 Multi-factor authentication 105 Limits of MFA 106 Weak passwords 107 Brute-force and dictionary attacks 108 Access levels 109 The principle of least privilege 110 Role-based access control 111 Access control lists 112 Access logs and audit trails 113 Spotting an attack in a log file 114 ISM guideline: segmentation and segregation 115 ISM guideline: network access controls 116 Firewalls 117 Network (hardware) firewall 118 Firewall software 119 Firewall rule: allow or deny by port 120 Firewall rule: allow or deny by IP address 121 Firewall rule order and default deny 122 MAC address filtering 123 How a proxy server keeps data safe 124 Intrusion detection systems (IDS) 125 Intrusion prevention systems (IPS) 126 Antivirus software 127 Operating system updates 128 Backup systems 129 Backup storage locations and the 3-2-1 rule 130 Security controls: prevent, detect, respond 131 Layers of protection 132 Zero Trust Architecture 133 The Essential Eight 134 Incident response: detect, contain, recover 135 What threat modelling is 136 Trust boundaries 137 STRIDE threat categories 138 Choosing a solution to counter a threat 139 Explaining how hardware and software control access to data in a network 140 What penetration testing is 141 Ethical hacking 142 Vulnerability scanning versus penetration testing 143 Penetration test phases 144 Black, grey and white box testing 145 Scope and written authorisation for a penetration test 146 Penetration test report and remediation 147 Australian computer offences law 148 Responsible disclosure of vulnerabilities 149 Professional codes of ethics for developers and testers 150 Privacy Act 1988 (Cwlth) 151 Who must follow the Privacy Act: APP entities 152 The 13 APPs grouped by stage of the data lifecycle 153 APP 3: collecting only what is reasonably necessary 154 Australian Privacy Principle 6 155 APP 8: sending personal data overseas 156 Australian Privacy Principle 11 157 Security measures to protect personal information 158 Data breach 159 Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Act 2017 160 Eligible data breach and serious harm (ss 26WE, 26WF) 161 Assessing a suspected breach (s 26WH) 162 Statement to the Commissioner (ss 26WK, 26WR) 163 Notifying affected individuals (s 26WL) 164 Applying the Notifiable Data Breaches scheme to a scenario 165 The OAIC and making a privacy complaint 166 Ethical issue: lack of transparency 167 Ethical issue: misuse of personal data and information 168 Ethical issue: lack of transparency after a cyber security incident 169 Ethical issue: ineffective security practices 170 Ethical issue: data collection and use 171 Ethical issue: identity theft 172 Analysing an ethical issue in a data scenario 173 Legal and ethical consequences of ineffective security 174 Recommending and justifying security improvements 175 Privacy by design for a student solution 176 Development, testing and production environments 177 Hard-coded API keys and secrets 178 Managing secrets outside source code 179 Peer code review process 180 Patch management 181 Information Security Manual (ISM) 182 ISM guideline: encryption 183 Intellectual property in software you write 184 Software licences and open-source code 185 Ethical issue: copyright when using third-party and AI-generated code 186 Legal and ethical consequences of ineffective software development practices

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Year 11 Computer Science ATAR: Cyber security foundations Students learn the core vocabulary of cyber security, including assets, threats, vulnerabilities, risk and the confidentiality, integrity and availability triad.

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Year 11 Computer Science ATAR: How networks communicate Students learn how devices, addresses, packets, protocols, ports, DNS and HTTP carry data across wired and wireless networks.

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Year 11 Computer Science ATAR: Threats to networks and users Students learn how interception, man-in-the-middle attacks, malware, social engineering, pharming, denial of service and insiders threaten networks and the people who use them.

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Year 11 Computer Science ATAR: Software vulnerabilities and supply chain risks Students learn how coding flaws, outdated software, poor credential handling and compromised suppliers create weaknesses, and what attacks on them cost organisations and individuals.

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Year 11 Computer Science ATAR: Encryption basics and classical ciphers Students learn why data is encrypted and how keys, Caesar ciphers, brute force and frequency analysis show what makes encryption strong or weak.

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Year 11 Computer Science ATAR: Symmetric, asymmetric encryption and hashing Students learn how symmetric and asymmetric encryption, digital signatures and hashing protect data and passwords, and how key sharing is kept safe.

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Year 11 Computer Science ATAR: Securing data in transit Students learn how HTTPS, SSL/TLS, certificates, VPNs, Wi-Fi security and checksums keep data safe and correct as it crosses open connections.

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Year 11 Computer Science ATAR: Authentication and access control Students learn how authentication, multi-factor authentication, strong passwords, access levels, least privilege and access logs control who can reach data.

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Year 11 Computer Science ATAR: Network defences Students learn how firewalls and their rules, proxies, intrusion detection and prevention, antivirus and updates defend a network.

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Year 11 Computer Science ATAR: Resilience and security frameworks Students learn how backups, layered controls, zero trust, the Essential Eight, incident response and threat modelling make a system resilient, and how to match solutions to threats.

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Year 11 Computer Science ATAR: Penetration testing and ethical hacking Students learn how authorised penetration tests are scoped, run and reported, and the computer-crime law, responsible disclosure and professional ethics that govern testers.

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Year 11 Computer Science ATAR: Privacy Act and the Australian Privacy Principles Students learn who must follow the Privacy Act, how the Australian Privacy Principles govern personal information, and what protects that information.

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Year 11 Computer Science ATAR: Data breaches and notification Students learn what a data breach is and how the Notifiable Data Breaches scheme requires organisations to assess, report and notify, and apply it to scenarios.

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Year 11 Computer Science ATAR: Ethical issues and the consequences of weak security Students learn to analyse ethical issues such as transparency, misuse of data and identity theft, and to recommend and justify security improvements.

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Year 11 Computer Science ATAR: Secure and responsible software development Students learn the developer practices, standards and legal duties that keep software secure and lawful, including privacy by design, secrets management, code review, patching, the ISM, copyright and licensing.

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VCE Cyber Security Crossword: Emerging trends in cyber security to Antivirus software (Modules 1–10) 10 clues · Emerging trends in cyber security, Regulatory compliance, Zero Trust Architecture, Routers and more

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VCE Cyber Security Crossword: AI-based network security software and more (Modules 11–20) 10 clues · AI-based network security software, Intrusion detection systems (IDS), Intrusion prevention systems (IPS), Wired communications technology and more

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VCE Cyber Security Crossword: Local Area Networks (LANs) to Viruses (Modules 21–30) 10 clues · Local Area Networks (LANs), Wide Area Networks (WANs), Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs), Global exposure to cyber security threats and more

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VCE Cyber Security Crossword: Worms to Operating system updates (Modules 31–40) 10 clues · Worms, Ransomware, Denial of service attacks, Improper credential management and more

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VCE Cyber Security Crossword: Software malware updates to RSA (Modules 41–50) 10 clues · Software malware updates, Staff procedures, Encryption and decryption, Caesar cipher and more

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VCE Cyber Security Crossword: ECDH to ISM guideline: network access controls (Modules 51–60) 10 clues · ECDH, ECDSA, Machine learning analysis of network traffic, Real-time monitoring and notification and more

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VCE Cyber Security Crossword: ISM guideline: confidentiality and integrity of wireless traffic and more (Modules 61–74) 10 clues · ISM guideline: confidentiality and integrity of wireless traffic, ISM guideline: wireless network footprint, Privacy Act 1988 (Cwlth), Australian Privacy Principle 1 and more

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VCE Cyber Security Word Search: Emerging trends in cyber security and more (Modules 1–20) 20 words to find · Emerging trends in cyber security, Regulatory compliance, Zero Trust Architecture, Routers and more

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VCE Cyber Security Word Search: Local Area Networks (LANs) to Operating system updates (Modules 21–40) 20 words to find · Local Area Networks (LANs), Wide Area Networks (WANs), Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs), Global exposure to cyber security threats and more

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VCE Cyber Security Word Search: Software malware updates to Information Privacy Principle 5 (Modules 41–74) 22 words to find · Software malware updates, Staff procedures, Encryption and decryption, Caesar cipher and more

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Issues in Technology Crossword: Is AI using too much power? and more (Part 1 of 2) 10 clues · Is AI using too much power?, How does an AI actually work?, Compression - losing quality or saving space?, Why file size matters and more

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Issues in Technology Word Search: Is AI using too much power? to What is RADCAB? (All modules) 22 words to find · Is AI using too much power?, How does an AI actually work?, Compression - losing quality or saving space?, Why file size matters and more

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Years 5–6 Digital Systems Crossword: Data and networks (Modules 21–30) 10 clues · Data transmission, Wired transmission, Wireless transmission, Bluetooth for short-range transfer and more

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Years 5–6 Digital Systems Crossword: Data and networks and Accounts, passphrases and security (Modules 31–40) 10 clues · Modem, Wireless access point, IP address, Data packets and more

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Years 5–6 Digital Systems Word Search: Data and networks and Accounts, passphrases and security (Modules 21–52) 20 words to find · Data transmission, Wired transmission, Wireless transmission, Bluetooth for short-range transfer and more

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Years 7–8 Digital Systems Crossword: Data transmission and network security and Account security and cyber threats (Modules 26–74) 10 clues · Comparing wired and wireless networks, Wi-Fi range and interference, HTTPS and the padlock, Securing a Wi-Fi network and more

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Years 7–8 Digital Systems Word Search: Hardware for particular tasks to Account security and cyber threats (Modules 4–74) 20 words to find · CPU clock speed (GHz), CPU cores, HDD vs SSD performance, Storage units: KB, MB, GB, TB and more

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Years 9–10 Digital Systems Crossword: Controlling and securing access to data (Modules 13–24) 10 clues · Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability, Authentication vs authorisation and more

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Years 9–10 Digital Systems Crossword: Controlling and securing access to data and Threats and software vulnerabilities (Modules 25–40) 10 clues · Salting a password hash, Brute-force and dictionary attacks, Asset, Threat and more

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Years 9–10 Digital Systems Crossword: Threats and software vulnerabilities to Software supply chain vulnerabilities (Modules 41–69) 10 clues · SQL injection, Buffer overflow, Zero-day vulnerabilities, Insider threats and human error and more

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Years 9–10 Digital Systems Crossword: Software supply chain vulnerabilities and Threat modelling and security responses (Modules 70–79) 10 clues · Reducing supply chain risk, Risk as likelihood and impact, Risk rating matrix, Data flow diagram of a system and more

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Years 9–10 Digital Systems Word Search: Controlling and securing access to data and Threats and software vulnerabilities (Modules 13–40) 20 words to find · Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability, Authentication vs authorisation and more

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Years 9–10 Digital Systems Word Search: Threats and software vulnerabilities to Threat modelling and security responses (Modules 41–79) 20 words to find · SQL injection, Buffer overflow, Zero-day vulnerabilities, Insider threats and human error and more

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VCE Data Analysis Crossword: Privacy and the Australian Privacy Principles and Ethics and APA referencing (Modules 38–54) 10 clues · APP 2: anonymity and pseudonymity, Holding information only for its primary purpose, Security measures to protect personal information, Critiquing a system against the Australian Privacy Principles and more

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VCE Data Analysis Word Search: Data types and data characteristics to Ethics and APA referencing (Modules 25–54) 20 words to find · Characteristic of data: accessibility, Characteristic of information: clarity, Characteristic of information: context, Data quality: accuracy and more

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VCE Software Development U3O2 Crossword: Analytical tools and the software requirements specification and Legal requirements for copyright, ownership and privacy (Modules 52–71) 10 clues · Purpose of a software requirements specification (SRS), SRS content: requirements, constraints and scope, SRS content: user characteristics and technical environment, SRS content: analytical tools depicting existing systems and more

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VCE Software Development U3O2 Word Search: Analytical tools and the software requirements specification to Ideation and evaluating design ideas (Modules 52–85) 20 words to find · Purpose of a software requirements specification (SRS), SRS content: requirements, constraints and scope, SRS content: user characteristics and technical environment, SRS content: analytical tools depicting existing systems and more

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VCE Software Development U4O2 Crossword: Organisational goals and in-house vs external development to Vulnerabilities and risks in insecure development environments (Modules 1–22) 10 clues · Goals and objectives of medium and large organisations, Security as an organisational objective, Medium and large organisations compared, In-house development: advantages and more

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VCE Software Development U4O2 Crossword: Vulnerabilities and risks in insecure development environments and Third-party software, code review and combined environments (Modules 23–47) 10 clues · What makes a development environment insecure, What an API is, Risks of using APIs, Hard-coded API keys and secrets and more

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VCE Software Development U4O2 Crossword: Security controls for development practices and stored data and Threat modelling and evaluating security practices (Modules 49–72) 10 clues · Code repositories, Securing a code repository, Encrypting data at rest and in transit, Peer code review process and more

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VCE Software Development U4O2 Crossword: Copyright, Essential Eight and the ISM to Mitigation and improving secure development practices (Modules 97–130) 10 clues · ISM Guidelines for Software Development, Applying privacy principles to a software development scenario, Ethical issue: ineffective security practices, Intellectual property in software you write and more

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VCE Software Development U4O2 Word Search: Organisational goals and in-house vs external development to Third-party software, code review and combined environments (Modules 1–47) 20 words to find · Goals and objectives of medium and large organisations, Security as an organisational objective, Medium and large organisations compared, In-house development: advantages and more

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VCE Software Development U4O2 Word Search: Security controls for development practices and stored data to Mitigation and improving secure development practices (Modules 49–130) 20 words to find · Code repositories, Securing a code repository, Encrypting data at rest and in transit, Peer code review process and more

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VCE Data Analytics U4O2 Crossword: Evaluating security with CIA and security controls to Disaster recovery plans (Modules 44–79) 10 clues · Adaptive (risk-based) authentication, Physical security controls, Data loss prevention controls, Protecting data at rest and more

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VCE Data Analytics U4O2 Crossword: Disaster recovery plans to Victorian privacy and health records legislation (Modules 80–113) 10 clues · Disaster recovery plan feature: evacuation, Backup storage locations and the 3-2-1 rule, Disaster recovery plan feature: restoration, Disaster recovery plan feature: communication and more

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VCE Data Analytics U4O2 Crossword: Victorian privacy and health records legislation to Emerging trends in cyber security (Modules 115–134) 10 clues · Comparing the three privacy laws, Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Act 2017, Eligible data breach and serious harm (ss 26WE, 26WF), Assessing a suspected breach (s 26WH) and more

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VCE Data Analytics U4O2 Crossword: Emerging trends in cyber security and Ethical issues and case-study analysis (Modules 135–150) 10 clues · User behaviour analytics: detecting anomalies, Privacy and accuracy limits of behaviour monitoring, Attackers using AI, Ethical issue: data collection and use and more

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VCE Data Analytics U4O2 Word Search: Evaluating security with CIA and security controls to Victorian privacy and health records legislation (Modules 44–113) 21 words to find · Adaptive (risk-based) authentication, Physical security controls, Data loss prevention controls, Protecting data at rest and more

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VCE Data Analytics U4O2 Word Search: Victorian privacy and health records legislation to Ethical issues and case-study analysis (Modules 115–150) 21 words to find · Comparing the three privacy laws, Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Act 2017, Eligible data breach and serious harm (ss 26WE, 26WF), Assessing a suspected breach (s 26WH) and more

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Years 9–10 Data & Information Crossword: Interactive content with emerging tools to Data privacy and the Australian Privacy Principles (Modules 83–132) 10 clues · Emerging digital tools, Selecting a tool for an audience and purpose, Embedding audio and video with HTML, Navigation and hotspots in interactive content and more

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Years 9–10 Data & Information Word Search: Data compression to Data privacy and the Australian Privacy Principles (Modules 6–132) 21 words to find · Redundancy: repeated data that can be shortened, Lossless compression, Lossy compression, Run-length encoding: encoding text and more

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IGCSE Computer Science Paper 1 Crossword: 2.1 Data Transmission Types and Methods (Modules 110–120) 10 clues · The three parts of a packet, Packet header, Destination address in a packet header, Originator's address in a packet header and more

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IGCSE Computer Science Paper 1 Crossword: 2.1 Data Transmission Types and Methods and 2.2 Methods of Error Detection (Modules 142–154) 10 clues · Drawbacks of USB, Evaluating USB for a given use, Why data is checked after transmission, Interference as the cause of transmission errors and more

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IGCSE Computer Science Paper 1 Crossword: 2.2 Methods of Error Detection (Modules 168–178) 10 clues · Checksum, Calculating a checksum, Checking a checksum at the receiver, What a checksum can and cannot detect and more

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IGCSE Computer Science Paper 1 Crossword: 2.2 Methods of Error Detection and 2.3 Encryption (Modules 189–203) 10 clues · Choosing an error detection method for a scenario, Interception of data on a network, Plaintext, Ciphertext and more

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IGCSE Computer Science Paper 1 Crossword: 2.3 Encryption and 3.1 Computer Architecture (Modules 204–217) 10 clues · Private key, Encrypting with the recipient's public key, Decrypting with the private key, Sending a secure message with asymmetric encryption and more

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IGCSE Computer Science Paper 1 Crossword: 3.3 Data Storage and 3.4 Network Hardware (Modules 325–341) 10 clues · Comparing cloud storage with local storage, Writing exam answers about data storage, What a MAC address is, MAC addresses are given at manufacture and more

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IGCSE Computer Science Paper 1 Crossword: 5.1 The Internet and the World Wide Web (Modules 464–476) 10 clues · URL part: the web page or file name, Splitting a URL into its parts, Purpose of HTTP, HTTP request and response and more

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IGCSE Computer Science Paper 1 Crossword: 5.1 The Internet and the World Wide Web (Modules 477–489) 10 clues · Browser function: navigation tools, Browser function: storing cookies, Matching a browser function to a need, Why domain names are used instead of IP addresses and more

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IGCSE Computer Science Paper 1 Crossword: 5.2 Digital Currency and 5.3 Cyber Security (Modules 520–546) 10 clues · Working out ownership from the blockchain, Stopping the same digital currency being spent twice, Writing exam answers about digital currency and blockchain, Trojan horse and more

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IGCSE Computer Science Paper 1 Crossword: 5.3 Cyber Security and 6.1 Automated Systems (Modules 553–577) 10 clues · Access levels, Anti-spyware software, What a proxy server is, How a proxy server keeps data safe and more

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IGCSE Computer Science Paper 1 Word Search: 1.3 Data Storage and Compression and 2.1 Data Transmission Types and Methods (Modules 86–120) 21 words to find · Why compression is needed: less storage space, Why compression is needed: less bandwidth, Why compression is needed: shorter transmission time, Lossy compression permanently removes data and more

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IGCSE Computer Science Paper 1 Word Search: 2.1 Data Transmission Types and Methods and 2.2 Methods of Error Detection (Modules 142–164) 21 words to find · Drawbacks of USB, Evaluating USB for a given use, Why data is checked after transmission, Interference as the cause of transmission errors and more

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IGCSE Computer Science Paper 1 Word Search: 2.2 Methods of Error Detection (Modules 168–188) 21 words to find · Checksum, Calculating a checksum, Checking a checksum at the receiver, What a checksum can and cannot detect and more

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IGCSE Computer Science Paper 1 Word Search: 2.2 Methods of Error Detection to 3.1 Computer Architecture (Modules 189–217) 20 words to find · Choosing an error detection method for a scenario, Interception of data on a network, Plaintext, Ciphertext and more

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IGCSE Computer Science Paper 1 Word Search: 3.3 Data Storage and 3.4 Network Hardware (Modules 325–354) 20 words to find · Comparing cloud storage with local storage, Writing exam answers about data storage, What a MAC address is, MAC addresses are given at manufacture and more

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IGCSE Computer Science Paper 1 Word Search: 5.1 The Internet and the World Wide Web (Modules 464–489) 21 words to find · URL part: the web page or file name, Splitting a URL into its parts, Purpose of HTTP, HTTP request and response and more

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IGCSE Computer Science Paper 1 Word Search: 5.2 Digital Currency and 5.3 Cyber Security (Modules 510–546) 21 words to find · Digital ledger, What a ledger record contains, Time-stamp, A record that cannot be altered and more

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IGCSE Computer Science Paper 1 Word Search: 5.3 Cyber Security and 6.1 Automated Systems (Modules 553–607) 21 words to find · Access levels, Anti-spyware software, What a proxy server is, How a proxy server keeps data safe and more

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ACARA Digital Technologies Years 7–8 Crossword: Wired and Wireless Networks (Modules 54–68) 10 clues · Ethernet cable, Fibre optic cable, Signal weakening over distance in cables, Wi-Fi and more

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ACARA Digital Technologies Years 7–8 Crossword: Wired and Wireless Networks and Representing Text, Images and Sound (Modules 69–124) 10 clues · Wired vs wireless: mobility and convenience, Choosing a network type for a scenario, TCP/IP: the internet's core protocols, Redundant routes keep a network working and more

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ACARA Digital Technologies Years 7–8 Crossword: Programming with Control Structures and Functions (JavaScript) and Networks and Cyber Threats (Modules 635–666) 10 clues · Random whole numbers with Math.random() and Math.floor(), Combining sequence, selection and iteration in one program, Writing a program that uses functions and control structures, Higher or lower number guessing game and more

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ACARA Digital Technologies Years 7–8 Crossword: Networks and Cyber Threats (Modules 674–695) 10 clues · Checking whether an account appears in a data breach, Setting up MFA with an authenticator app, Backup codes and account recovery, Why data is encrypted and more

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ACARA Digital Technologies Years 7–8 Crossword: Networks and Cyber Threats and Digital Footprints and Data Minimisation (Modules 696–726) 10 clues · Substitution cipher, Transposition cipher, Keeping an encryption key secret, Why a Caesar cipher is weak compared with modern encryption and more

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ACARA Digital Technologies Years 7–8 Word Search: Hardware and Performance and Wired and Wireless Networks (Modules 13–68) 20 words to find · Clock speed or more cores: which helps which task, How much RAM different tasks need, Choosing storage type and size together, Video memory (VRAM) and more

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ACARA Digital Technologies Years 7–8 Word Search: Wired and Wireless Networks and Representing Text, Images and Sound (Modules 69–152) 21 words to find · Wired vs wireless: mobility and convenience, Choosing a network type for a scenario, TCP/IP: the internet's core protocols, Redundant routes keep a network working and more

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ACARA Digital Technologies Years 7–8 Word Search: Programming with Control Structures and Functions (JavaScript) and Networks and Cyber Threats (Modules 635–695) 21 words to find · Random whole numbers with Math.random() and Math.floor(), Combining sequence, selection and iteration in one program, Writing a program that uses functions and control structures, Higher or lower number guessing game and more

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ACARA Digital Technologies Years 7–8 Word Search: Networks and Cyber Threats and Digital Footprints and Data Minimisation (Modules 696–770) 22 words to find · Substitution cipher, Transposition cipher, Keeping an encryption key secret, Why a Caesar cipher is weak compared with modern encryption and more

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ACARA Digital Technologies Years 9–10 Crossword: Networked Systems and Access Control (Modules 41–55) 10 clues · Routing table and next hop, Hops and time to live (TTL), The traceroute command, Building a small network in a network simulator and more

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ACARA Digital Technologies Years 9–10 Crossword: Networked Systems and Access Control and Content, Structure and Presentation (Modules 116–154) 10 clues · Reading a permission string like rwxr-x---, Network (hardware) firewall, Firewall rule: allow or deny by port, Firewall rule: allow or deny by IP address and more

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ACARA Digital Technologies Years 9–10 Crossword: Modular and Object-Oriented Programming (JavaScript) and Cyber Security Threats and Vulnerabilities (Modules 743–781) 10 clues · One class, many objects, Storing objects in an array, Methods calling other methods, Choosing properties and methods for a class from a scenario and more

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ACARA Digital Technologies Years 9–10 Crossword: Cyber Security Threats and Vulnerabilities (Modules 782–809) 10 clues · Physical social engineering: tailgating and baiting, Data flow diagram of a system, Mapping STRIDE threats to confidentiality, integrity and availability, Writing a threat statement and more

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ACARA Digital Technologies Years 9–10 Crossword: Cyber Security Threats and Vulnerabilities (Modules 810–827) 10 clues · Zero-day vulnerabilities, Outdated versions of software, Default credentials and insecure settings, Improper credential management and more

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ACARA Digital Technologies Years 9–10 Crossword: Cyber Security Threats and Vulnerabilities (Modules 828–859) 10 clues · Analysing a real supply chain attack, Code signing and trusted sources, Software bill of materials (SBOM), Reducing supply chain risk and more

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ACARA Digital Technologies Years 9–10 Crossword: Cyber Security Threats and Vulnerabilities (Modules 860–875) 10 clues · Frequency analysis, Transposition cipher: rail fence, CODE and CHAR functions in a spreadsheet, The MOD function in a spreadsheet and more

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ACARA Digital Technologies Years 9–10 Crossword: Cyber Security Threats and Vulnerabilities and Privacy Principles and Digital Footprints (Modules 876–944) 10 clues · Brute-forcing a Caesar cipher in Python, Vigenere cipher in Python, The XOR cipher, Base64 is encoding, not encryption and more

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ACARA Digital Technologies Years 9–10 Word Search: Networked Systems and Access Control (Modules 12–55) 20 words to find · Star network topology, Drawing a network diagram, DHCP, Private and public IP addresses and more

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ACARA Digital Technologies Years 9–10 Word Search: Networked Systems and Access Control to Data Compression (Modules 116–225) 20 words to find · Reading a permission string like rwxr-x---, Network (hardware) firewall, Firewall rule: allow or deny by port, Firewall rule: allow or deny by IP address and more

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ACARA Digital Technologies Years 9–10 Word Search: Modular and Object-Oriented Programming (JavaScript) and Cyber Security Threats and Vulnerabilities (Modules 743–809) 21 words to find · One class, many objects, Storing objects in an array, Methods calling other methods, Choosing properties and methods for a class from a scenario and more

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ACARA Digital Technologies Years 9–10 Word Search: Cyber Security Threats and Vulnerabilities (Modules 810–859) 21 words to find · Zero-day vulnerabilities, Outdated versions of software, Default credentials and insecure settings, Improper credential management and more

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ACARA Digital Technologies Years 9–10 Word Search: Cyber Security Threats and Vulnerabilities and Privacy Principles and Digital Footprints (Modules 860–944) 20 words to find · Frequency analysis, Transposition cipher: rail fence, CODE and CHAR functions in a spreadsheet, The MOD function in a spreadsheet and more

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Crossword: Data Management and Cyber Security (Modules 28–122) 10 clues · Composite primary keys, Insertion, update and deletion anomalies, Functional dependency and determinants, First normal form (1NF) and more

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Crossword: Cyber Security (Modules 125–266) 10 clues · Exploit, Threat actor, Attack surface, Cyber security incident and more

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Word Search: Data Management and Cyber Security (Modules 28–266) 20 words to find · Composite primary keys, Insertion, update and deletion anomalies, Functional dependency and determinants, First normal form (1NF) and more