The Architecture of the Internet · Networks & Security
Cybersecurity and Encryption
Investigating methods for protecting data integrity and privacy through symmetric and asymmetric encryption.
Key Questions
- 1How can two parties share a secret over a public and monitored channel?
- 2What is the balance between individual privacy and national security in encryption policy?
- 3How do human factors contribute more to security breaches than technical failures?
Common Core State Standards
CSTA: 3A-NI-06CSTA: 3A-NI-07
Grade: 9th Grade
Subject: Computer Science
Unit: The Architecture of the Internet
Period: Networks & Security
Suggested Methodologies
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