Computer Science

techniques used to trick users into giving away personal information by manipulating their behaviour or emotions

malicious software designed to cause damage to computer systems, corrupt or change files, steal data, or cause disruption to services

Threats to networks

Internet fundamentals

How data travels across the internet

Protocols

Network models

Hosting services

Web technologies

Network security

In this unit pupils will explore how data travels across the internet. They will explore how protocols define communication between devices and the purpose of common network protocols. They will investigate the risks to networks and the methods that can be used to protect a network.

The internet and web technologies

manipulating people into revealing confidential information

What is social engineering in the context of network security?

Name the type of software designed to cause damage, steal data, or disrupt computer systems.

Put these steps in order for a typical malware attack.

What is a potential internal network threat?

Put these actions in order for a phishing attack:.

manipulation to trick users into giving information

attacks or risks from within an organisation

attacks or risks from outside an organisation

to find and deliver the most useful results

What is the main goal of algorithms in search engines?

When you click a link and new content appears without reloading the whole page, which processing is most likely involved?

Order the steps for processing a form on a website using server-side processing.

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Threats to networks

Lesson outcome

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.