🔒AP Cybersecurity Review

AP Cybersecurity covers 5 units, from Introduction to Security to Securing Applications and Data. Review each unit with study guides, practice questions, and key terms — compiled by AP educators and updated for the 2027 AP exam.

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Unit 1 – Introduction to Security →

1.1

Understanding Social Engineering

1.2

Suspicious Website Logins

1.3

Best Practices for Public Networks

1.4

AI-Based Cybersecurity Attacks

1.5

Leveraging AI in Cyber Defense

Unit 2 – Securing Spaces →

2.1

Cyber Foundations

2.2

Physical Vulnerabilities and Attacks

2.3

Protecting Physical Spaces

2.4

Detecting Physical Attacks

Unit 3 – Securing Networks →

3.1

Network Vulnerabilities and Attacks

3.2

Protecting Networks: Managerial Controls and Wireless Security

3.3

Protecting Networks: Segmentation

3.4

Protecting Networks: Firewalls

3.5

Detecting Network Attacks

Unit 4 – Securing Devices →

4.1

Device Vulnerabilities and Attacks

4.2

Authentication

4.3

Protecting Devices

4.4

Detecting Attacks on Devices

Unit 5 – Securing Applications and Data →

5.1

Application and Data Vulnerabilities and Attacks

5.2

Protecting Applications and Data: Managerial Controls and Access Controls

5.3

Protecting Stored Data with Cryptography

5.4

Asymmetric Cryptography

5.5

Protecting Applications

5.6

Detecting Attacks on Data and Applications

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