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A Cybersecurity Mystery

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This activity developed by Northrop Grumman and Learning Undefeated helps students understand safe internet use through the lens of cybersecurity.

In this activity, students will act as members of the school’s cyber-defense team to help a student clear his name of accusations and walk the stage at graduation. Students will investigate the victim’s social media account and email for clues. Then provided objects found in the victim’s locker, students will break codes to determine who broke into the victim’s social account.

Learning Objectives

  • Standards Alignment + Connections

  • Activity Components

  • Additional Resources

    US Cyber Challenge: Cyber Quests

    Cyber Quests are a series of fun but challenging on-line competitions allowing participants to demonstrate their knowledge in a variety of information security realms. Each quest features an artifact for analysis, along with a series of quiz questions. The quests have varying levels of difficulty and complexity.

    Cybersmart Challenge

    Teacher-led activities using animated videos to introduce primary school students to key online safety issues including cyberbullying, protecting personal information and sharing images.


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