Activity Ideas
Listed under each requirement
Step 1 – Find out how computers run multiple programs
Learn two methods (process isolation AND domain separation) that computers use when running multiple programs.
RECOMMENDED: 10 Principle Cards
- 10 Principle Cards ((Similar to VTK/Handbook Suggestion))
- Isolation and Separation ((Similar to VTK/Handbook Suggestion))
Step 2 – Identify functions and privileges
Understand what resource encapsulation is and how it works.
RECOMMENDED: 10 Principle Cards
- 10 Principle Cards ((Similar to VTK/Handbook Suggestion))
- Functions and Privileges ((Similar to VTK/Handbook Suggestion))
Step 3 – Learn how computers hide information
Learn what abstraction and data hiding are and how they work.
RECOMMENDED: 10 Principle Cards
- 10 Principle Cards ((Similar to VTK/Handbook Suggestion))
- Abstraction and Hiding ((Similar to VTK/Handbook Suggestion))
Step 4 – Design a layered security system
Learn what modularity is, how it can help protect your computer AND design a multi-layered cybersecurity protocol to protect yourself.
RECOMMENDED: Castle Layers of Security
- 10 Principle Cards (Partially Fulfills) ((Similar to VTK/Handbook Suggestion))
- Pie Modularity (Partially Fulfills) ((Similar to VTK/Handbook Suggestion))
- Castle Layers of Security ((Similar to VTK/Handbook Suggestion))
- Question Defense ((Similar to VTK/Handbook Suggestion))
Step 5 – Design a Rube Goldberg machine
Design a Rube Goldberg machine in order to understand that simplicity is best AND learn what minimization is in Cybersecurity.
RECOMMENDED: Rube Goldberg – Paper Only
- Rube Goldberg – Balloon Pop
- Rube Goldberg – Button Push
- Rube Goldberg – Marble Run ((Similar to VTK/Handbook Suggestion))
- Rube Goldberg – Mouse Trap Game
- Rube Goldberg – Paper Only
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For pre-planned meeting plans by others – see the Senior Cybersecurity Basics page.
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