AP®︎ Cybersecurity Unit 1: Notes & Study Guide
Prepare for your quiz, test, or the AP exam with a comprehensive review on Unit 1 of AP Cybersecurity – Introduction to Security.
Unit 1: Introduction to Security
Three ways adversaries get in: social engineering that plays on fear and urgency, password attacks against weak authentication, and public Wi-Fi. How to spot each one and protect yourself, plus how AI is used in attacks and in defense.
Begin with Topic 1.1: Understanding Social Engi...To review Unit 1, go through each of the 5 topics below.
Everything you actually need to know for your Unit 1 test, pulled directly from the AP® Cybersecurity curriculum.
Understanding Social Engineering
Understanding Social Engineering
- What Social Engineering Is
- The Main Indicators of Social Engineering
- How Social Engineering Works on People
Suspicious Website Logins
Suspicious Website Logins
- What Website Login Authentication Is
- How Adversaries Guess or Obtain Passwords
- Signs of a Suspicious Login
Best Practices for Public Networks
Best Practices for Public Networks
- What Public Wi Fi Risk Really Is
- Adversaries by Skill and Motivation
- Types of Wireless Attacks
AI-Based Cybersecurity Attacks
AI-Based Cybersecurity Attacks
- What AI-Augmented Cyberattacks Are
- Main Ways Adversaries Use AI
- Prompt-based extraction and false training information
Leveraging AI in Cyber Defense
Leveraging AI in Cyber Defense
- What AI in Cyber Defense Does
- Where AI Helps Defenders
- How AI Finds Likely Threats in Massive Event Data
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