AC9TDI8P13
Years 7 to 8
Technologies
AC9TDI8P13 | Years 7 to 8 Digital Technologies: Privacy and security
Content Descriptor
Content descriptor explain how multi-factor authentication protects an account when the password is compromised and identify phishing and other cyber security threats
Strand
Processes and production skills
Substrand
Privacy and security
This content descriptor sets out learning for Years 7 to 8 Digital Technologies. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.
Elaborations
- • Elaboration explaining how multi-factor authentication prevents unauthorised access by prompting the account owner for a token or single-use password, for example demonstrating how a funds transfer from their bank account requires not only logging in, but provision of a one-time password received via SMS
- • Elaboration identifying the common techniques used in phishing scams to identify and exploit susceptible users, for example using an email address from an unofficial domain when pretending to be an online retailer, or including grammatical errors to help filter out users who are more likely to detect the scam
Plan a lesson from this content description.
Start freeAchievement standard statements this supports
- Students select appropriate hardware for particular tasks, explain how data is transmitted and secured in networks, and identify cyber security threats.See it on the standard page →
- They select appropriate hardware for particular tasks, explain how data is transmitted and secured in networks, and identify cyber security threats.See it on the standard page →
Read the full Years 7 to 8 Digital Technologies achievement standard
Read the full Years 7 to 8 Technologies (all subjects) achievement standard