AP® Cybersecurity glossary

War driving

Course: AP® Cybersecurity Shows up in: Unit 1: Introduction to Security

Detecting a target's wireless network beacons while driving or walking around it, to learn the network type and where the signal leaks outside.

Appears in the course and exam description (CED): 1.3.B.3

Why it matters in Unit 1

It maps where an adversary could connect from outside the building.

Example

An adversary walks around a school parking lot with a laptop logging every network it detects.

Learn it properly, with a checkpoint 1.3 Best Practices for Public Networks

Related terms

↑ Top

Enlarged view of the selected figure