PATHS Cybersecurity Program
Portland Arts and Technology High School
196 Allen Ave
Portland,ME 04103
Instructor: Nate Jalbert
Email: jalben@portlandschools.org
Welcome to the PATHS Cybersecurity program lab writeup and curriculum map. This site is a quick look into the content students will be studying over the 2 years in the program. Check out each of the content areas to get a quick description of the lab and how that will prepare for certifications.
Year 1 Labs
1.IT Fundamentals
IT Fundamentals is the first certification to earn, this will help all students get to a basic knowledge of IT concepts to begin studying Cybersecurity.
2.Confidentiality
Confidentiality is the concept of keeping information secure and only allowing the right people to see it.
3.Integrity
Integrity ensures that your information is accurate and has not been maniplulated.
4.Availability
Availability is keeping the information always accessible to the people who need to use it.
5.Social Engineering
Social Engineering is the term we use for low tech attacks against people’s weaknesses to gain access to information and resources.
6.Business Concepts
In Cybersecurity we need to understand the business needs to protect information and what type of risks are acceptable.
7.Blue Team
The Blue Team is responsbile for network and device protection.
8.Red Team
The Red Team is the attacking side of a penetration test.
9.Computer Science
In the program we use coding to automate tasks and solve complex problems much more efficiently.
10.Physical Security
What are some of the physical barriers we can place to build our security onion.
Year 2 Programs
Students in Year 2 can pick from these specialties to build their own learning goals.
- Palo Alto Cybersecurity Academy
- PenTest+ Certification
- Enhanced Cybersecurity
- Cloud Computing and Security
- Digital Forensics
- SecureDevOps programming
Coding Projects
Check out some custom projects that are used in the PATHS Cybersecurity Lab
Coding Projects