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Cybersecurity: Keeping Our Networks Secure
In AWIM’s new Cybersecurity Challenge, students deepen their understanding of the architecture of the internet and how it was designed to withstand both physical and electronic attacks. Throughout the challenge, students explore several physical models that simulate the movement of information through the internet; they identify problems with each model and test different enhancements to help make the network operate better and faster. They investigate the two basic components of securing data and systems: encryption (changing information from one form to another, especially to hide its meaning), and authentication (proof that something is real, true, or genuine). After learning about these important attributes of cybersecurity while exploring network security regarding self-driving cars from a fictional car company, Jupiter Motors, students work in teams to create marketing materials to help the target audience feel more comfortable and confident about Internet security.
