AP®︎ Cybersecurity Unit 2: Notes & Study Guide
Prepare for your quiz, test, or the AP exam with a comprehensive review on Unit 2 of AP Cybersecurity – Securing Spaces.
Unit 2: Securing Spaces
The foundations every later unit reuses: types of adversaries, the phases of a cyberattack, the CIA triad, and the risk-assessment process. Then physical security: how spaces are breached, how to protect them, and how to detect a break-in.
Begin with Topic 2.1: Cyber FoundationsTo review Unit 2, go through each of the 4 topics below.
Everything you actually need to know for your Unit 2 test, pulled directly from the AP® Cybersecurity curriculum.
Cyber Foundations
Cyber Foundations
- What Risk Is in Cybersecurity
- Social Engineering and Adversary Types
- The Phases of a Cyberattack
Physical Vulnerabilities and Attacks
Physical Vulnerabilities and Attacks
- What Physical Vulnerabilities and Attacks Are
- Common Physical Attacks
- Common Physical Vulnerabilities and What They Enable
Protecting Physical Spaces
Protecting Physical Spaces
- What Protecting Physical Spaces Means
- The Main Physical Security Controls
- How These Controls Match Specific Risks
Detecting Physical Attacks
Detecting Physical Attacks
- What Detecting Physical Attacks Is
- Physical Detective Controls
- Where Controls Should Go
Notes
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