INFORMATION SECURITY ANALYST: STAYING SAFE ONLINE
LESSON PLAN OVERVIEW Career: Information security analysts plan and put security measures in place to protect a company’s communications and online information from unauthorized access. Lesson: This lesson plan includes activities to introduce students to the information security analyst career by learning how security analysts help us stay safe online. Students will learn about ways to spot unsafe websites and phishing messages. They will also participate in a research project to identify the best ways to stay safe when they are online. Grade Level: Middle Grades Learning Objectives: 〉 〉 〉
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Students will explore the career of information security analyst and learn how analysts protect computer systems and data from being hacked. Students will complete an activity to spot and identify unsafe websites and phishing messages. Students will conduct a research project to identify ways to stay safe on the internet and prepare a Public Information Program to educate others. Students will gain an insight into the information security analyst profession, including common job tasks, salary, career pathway, and credentials required to perform the job.
Materials Needed: Activity #1: Creating a Cipher 〉
Student Worksheet: Let’s Go Phishing!
Activity #2: How to Stay Safe Online 〉 〉
TABLE OF CONTENTS Lesson Plan Overview ............. 1 Teacher Guide ......................... 2 Lesson Instructions ...................2 Class Message & Video ..............2 Class Discussion Questions ........3 Activities Overview ...................3 Career Insight ......................... 4 Standards Alignments ............. 5 Educator Rubric ....................... 6 Activity #1: Let’s Go Phishing! 9 Instructions .............................9 Handouts............................... 10 Activity #2: How to Stay Safe Online ................................... 11 Instructions ........................... 11 Handouts............................... 12
Student Worksheet: Using Information Campaigns to Prevent Cyberattacks Access to computers for internet research
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