- Demonstrate knowledge of cybersecurity concepts and principles
- Differentiate among cybersecurity, information security, and information privacy. Understand why they are important.
- Recognize the risks of online activities and countermeasures to protect personal data and identity
- Describes stages of cyber intrusions (reconnaissance, delivery, exploitation
- Describe different types of cybercrime and attackers
- Explain attack categories (interception, interruption, modification, etc.)

- Define and describe ethics in relations to security and privacy based on Daniels Fund Initiative framework
- Explain ethical behavior in the context of cybersecurity.
- Give an example of an online ethical behavior
- Understand concepts, such as cyberbullying, netiquette, Internet trolls
- Recognize the importance of online safety in different domains: Social media safety, mobile safety, gaming safety, etc.
- Learn about ethical hacking and penetration testing.
- Distinguish between different types of cybersecurity careers

- Understand TCP/IP protocol stack, routing on Internet and devices
- Understand important classes of attacks: DDoS, APT, Malwares
- Understand role of security technologies: firewalls, IDS/IPS, VPN
- Understand the importance and components of cryptography: digital certificates, PKI, encryption algorithms
- Configure your RPi and Kali Linux. Create fully functional “throw-away hacking” computer
- Learn how to use your hacking computer for penetration testing. 

- Identify different types of social engineering attacks: Ransomware, scareware, phishing, pretexting, baiting, fishing, etc.
- Explain the reasons why people fall victim to social engineering: Human vulnerabilities and cognitive biases
- Illustrate good and bad practices on social media: Think before you post, text, or share, or accept!
- Understand the importance of Personally identifiable information (PII)
- Gather PII online through active and passive footprinting. Learn how to hide PII during online activities.

- Understand the differences between computer and digital forensics
- Perform forensic investigation
- Media, audio, image, network forensics
- How to hide information in digital media.
- The Internet of Things (IoT)  (e.g. wearable devices, smart assistants). Recognize how hackers and/or companies can misuse data acquired through such devices.
- Learn basic data analysis techniques to interpret datasets that contain personal data.