Course · organized by the College Board CED
AP® Cybersecurity
Five units on how adversaries attack spaces, networks, devices, applications and data, and how defenders protect and detect. Every page here is mapped to the course and exam description (CED) codes it covers, with a self-marking checkpoint at the end.
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Before Unit 3: Networking Basics
Three short sessions on networks, addresses and wireless, with an ARP poisoning simulator. Start here if Unit 3 feels like a jump.
Open the side quest- 1 Unit 1 · coming soon Introduction to Security How adversaries trick people and exploit public Wi-Fi, and how artificial intelligence (AI) is changing both attack and defense.
- 1.1 Understanding Social Engineeringsoon
- 1.2 Suspicious Wi-Fi Loginsoon
- 1.3 The Dangers of Public Wi-Fisoon
- 1.4 AI-Based Cybersecurity Attackssoon
- 1.5 Leveraging AI in Cyber Defensesoon
- 2 Unit 2 · coming soon Securing Spaces Core security ideas, then the physical side of security: how adversaries get into spaces, and how defenders protect and detect.
- 2.1 Cyber Foundationssoon
- 2.2 Physical Vulnerabilities and Attackssoon
- 2.3 Protecting Physical Spacessoon
- 2.4 Detecting Physical Attackssoon
- 3 Unit 3 · 35 min of study live Securing Networks How attacks on networks work, and how managerial controls, wireless security, segmentation, firewalls and log analysis stop them.
- 3.1 Network Vulnerabilities and Attacks
- 3.2 Protecting Networks: Managerial Controls and Wireless Securitysoon
- 3.3 Protecting Networks: Segmentationsoon
- 3.4 Protecting Networks: Firewallssoon
- 3.5 Detecting Network Attackssoon
- 4 Unit 4 · coming soon Securing Devices Weak spots in devices, how authentication works, how devices are hardened, and how attacks on devices are detected.
- 4.1 Device Vulnerabilities and Attackssoon
- 4.2 Authenticationsoon
- 4.3 Protecting Devicessoon
- 4.4 Detecting Attacks on Devicessoon
- 5 Unit 5 · coming soon Securing Applications and Data Attacks on applications and data, access controls, cryptography, and how attacks on applications and data are detected.
- 5.1 Application and Data Vulnerabilities and Attackssoon
- 5.2 Protecting Applications and Data: Managerial Controls and Access Controlssoon
- 5.3 Protecting Stored Data with Cryptographysoon
- 5.4 Asymmetric Cryptographysoon
- 5.5 Protecting Applicationssoon
- 5.6 Detecting Attacks on Applications and Datasoon
Unit titles, topic titles and pacing follow the College Board's AP® Cybersecurity Course and Exam Description. All notes, figures and questions on this site are original.