Adding Practical Security to Your Introduction to Computers Course (or CTI 120)
This 127-slide PowerPoint, developed by Mark CiampaåÊof Western Kentucky University, serves as an introduction to Practical Security. It was created for individuals who “teach an Introduction to Computers class and [is] considering adding material on practical security” or those who “want to pick up a few tips to be more secure.” The presentation begins with a few slides documenting the worst data breaches over the last fifteen months ÛÒ Premera, Staples, Home Depot, and Ebay, to name a few ÛÒ and discusses the impact (both financially and otherwise) of data breaches of this nature. The PowerPoint is then divided into six sections: “Things are really bad in security,” “Users are still confused about security,” “Our students want to learn practical security,” “But schools are not teaching practical security,” “We can teach practical security into our Intro courses,” and “Here’s how we can teach practical security.”
