Cybersecurity Time Machine
The first large-scale computer networks began developing during this decade.
What are the 1970s?
A cyberattack causes a company to lose money. This is called ______ loss.
What is financial loss?
A password such as 123456 should be replaced with this type of password.
What is a strong password?
This field protects computers, networks, systems, and data from cyber threats.
What is cybersecurity?
Mia's home address and phone number are stolen. What type of information has been compromised?
What is PII?
The first computer viruses emerged during this decade.
What are the 1980s?
Customers stop trusting a company after a cyberattack. The company has suffered this type of damage.
What is reputational damage?
This security measure requires another step in addition to your password.
What is two-factor authentication?
Name ONE type of information cybersecurity helps protect.
What is personal data, financial information, intellectual property, etc.?
A hacker tries to enter a company's network. Which technology could help control access by filtering the network's traffic?
What is a firewall?
Firewalls and encryption were developed to combat increasingly common cyberattacks during this decade.
What are the 1990s?
A hacker steals someone's address and phone number and uses them to pretend to be that person.
What is identity theft?
This security technology filters incoming and outgoing network traffic.
What is a firewall?
PII stands for this.
What is Personally Identifiable Information?
A company wants sensitive information changed into code so unauthorized people cannot read it. What should it use?
What is encryption?
Put these in order: Firewalls & Encryption — Computer Viruses — Large-Scale Computer Networks.
What are Large-Scale Computer Networks → Computer Viruses → Firewalls & Encryption?
A cyberattack shuts down an important government system. This type of infrastructure has been disrupted.
What is critical infrastructure?
This security technique converts information into a code to prevent unauthorized access.
What is encryption?
Name TWO examples of PII discussed in our lesson.
What are addresses and phone numbers?
A cyberattack steals customers' banking information. Give TWO possible consequences from our lessons.
What are financial loss, identity theft, reputational damage, loss of customer trust, and/or legal liability?
Explain the pattern we've seen throughout cybersecurity history: as cybercriminals develop new attack methods, what must happen?
What is cybersecurity/security measures must continue to change and improve?
A hacker steals military strategies from a government computer. Explain why this is more than just a personal cybersecurity problem.
What is because the attack threatens national security?
A hacker steals an encrypted file. Explain why encryption could still help protect the information.
What is because the information has been converted into code to help prevent unauthorized access?
Cybersecurity professionals must constantly update security measures for this reason.
What is because cyber threats are constantly evolving/changing?
A government computer system is attacked. Military information is stolen and an important public system is disrupted. Identify TWO things at risk AND explain why cybersecurity matters in this situation.
What are sensitive government/military data and critical infrastructure; cybersecurity helps protect these systems and information from unauthorized access, theft, and disruption?
Technology has changed dramatically since the 1970s. In 2–3 sentences, explain why the need for cybersecurity has continued to grow as technology has grown.
Strong Answer: As computers, networks, mobile devices, and online services have become more common, more information and systems can be attacked. Cybercriminals also continue developing new techniques, so cybersecurity protections must continue to evolve.