Knowledge Check

What do we know?

Before going into definitions and examples, it is a good idea to first evaluate our current knowledge. This process will help with concept retention as we go over the concepts.

Take some time and answer the following questions.

Questions

Cybersecurity

1. What is it? Provide your own definition.

2. Why is it important to know about this topic?

Passwords

1. How safe are the passwords you use?

2. How do passwords work?

3. Can someone else, maybe a malicious agent, guess or find out your passwords? Provide examples.

4. What is a weak password?

5. How can you protect your passwords?

Social Engineering

1. What is it and does it affect you?

2. Name some cyber threats you know or have heard of.

3. Have you been targeted by a cyber threat?

Hacking

1. What is the first image or word that you think of when you hear the word hacker?

2. How would define the term hacking?

3. Are all hackers equal?

4. Have you heard of ethical hacking? Try to define it.

5. Do you know about different "colour hats" in hacking?

Your answers to these questions are your knowledge baseline. Come back at the end of the curriculum and go over the questions to assess your learning.

In the next section, we are tackling the concept of Passwords.