AP®︎ Cybersecurity Unit 5: Notes & Study Guide
Prepare for your quiz, test, or the AP exam with a comprehensive review on Unit 5 of AP Cybersecurity – Securing Applications and Data.
Unit 5: Securing Applications and Data
Attacks on data and applications, access controls and file permissions, hashing and symmetric and asymmetric cryptography for data at rest and in transit, protecting applications, and reading application and data logs for evidence of an attack.
Begin with Topic 5.1: Application and Data Vuln...To review Unit 5, go through each of the 6 topics below.
Everything you actually need to know for your Unit 5 test, pulled directly from the AP® Cybersecurity curriculum.
Application and Data Vulnerabilities and Attacks
Application and Data Vulnerabilities and Attacks
- What Application and Data Vulnerabilities Are
- File Access and Permission Weaknesses
- How Input-Based Application Attacks Work
Protecting Applications and Data: Managerial Controls and Access Controls
Protecting Applications and Data: Managerial Controls and Access Controls
- What Data Protection Depends On
- Sensitivity and regulated data
- Policies That Tell the Organization What to Do
Protecting Stored Data with Cryptography
Protecting Stored Data with Cryptography
- Protecting Stored Data with Encryption
- The Main Cryptography Classifications
- AES as the File Encryption Example
Asymmetric Cryptography
Asymmetric Cryptography
- What Asymmetric Cryptography Is
- The Key Pair Rules
- Which Key to Use for Confidentiality
Protecting Applications
Protecting Applications
- What Protecting Applications Means
- Secure by Design and Secure by Default
- How Input Validation and Sanitization Work
Detecting Attacks on Data and Applications
Detecting Attacks on Data and Applications
- Detective Controls for Data and Applications
- Detecting Suspicious Activity in Data
- Choosing and Evaluating Detection Methods
Notes
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