Lesson 8: Security I — Threats and Defenses
Week of Mon, Oct 26 · Tech+ domain 6: Security (19% of the exam) · runs ahead of INT-1010 Module 10 (Privacy, Security, Netiquette) · week of Nov 2
Take Meerk's quiz for Lesson 8
This week's items
- Read Lesson 8 notesread
- Lesson 8 mastery quizgate · 85% first try
Due the week it opens — same standard as PGCC. Weekly gates are completed in class.
Know these cold
- CIA triad: confidentiality, integrity, availability.
- Phishing and social engineering: verify the sender, never click unexpected links, report it.
- MFA = something you know + something you have. Passphrases in a password manager.
- Firewall filters traffic. Encryption scrambles data. Updates patch vulnerabilities. Least privilege.
Meerk's quiz — open the Lesson 8 gate
10 questions, no time limit. 85% on your first attempt in a 24-hour window opens the gate. Retakes inside the window are practice — they help you learn, they don't count. Work alone; the point is to know it, not to have seen it.