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TITLE 19EDUCATION
PART 2TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY
CHAPTER 127TEXAS ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS FOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION
SUBCHAPTER OSCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS
RULE §127.794Cybersecurity Capstone (One Credit), Adopted 2022

    (D) critique current cybercrime cases involving digital forensics.

  (10) Cybersecurity skills. The student explores expanding and emerging technology. The student is expected to:

    (A) describe the concept of Security as a Service and the role of managed security service providers (MSSP);

    (B) describe the integration of artificial intelligence and machine learning in cybersecurity;

    (C) investigate impacts made by predictive analytics on cybersecurity; and

    (D) research and investigate other emerging trends such as augmented reality and quantum computing.

  (11) Cybersecurity skills. The student uses various operating system environments. The student is expected to:

    (A) select and execute appropriate commands via the command line interface (CLI) such as ls, cd, pwd, cp, mv, chmod, ps, sudo, and passwd;

    (B) describe the file system structure for multiple operating systems;

    (C) manipulate and edit files within the CLI; and

    (D) determine network status using the CLI with commands such as ping, ifconfig/ipconfig, traceroute/tracert, and netstat.

  (12) Cybersecurity skills. The student clearly and effectively communicates technical information. The student is expected to:

    (A) collaborate with others to create a technical report;

    (B) create, review, and edit a report summarizing technical findings; and

    (C) present technical information to a non-technical audience.

  (13) Risk assessment. The student understands risk and how risk assessment and risk management defend against attacks. The student is expected to:

    (A) differentiate types of attacks, including operating systems, software, hardware, network, physical, social engineering, and cryptographic;

    (B) explain blended threats such as combinations of software, hardware, network, physical, social engineering, and cryptographic;

    (C) discuss types of risk, including business, operational, security, and financial;

    (D) discuss risk response techniques, including accept, transfer, avoid, and mitigate;

    (E) develop a plan of preventative measures based on discovered vulnerabilities and the likelihood of a cyberattack;

    (F) identify and discuss common vulnerability disclosure websites;

    (G) describe common web vulnerabilities such as cross-site scripting, buffer overflow, injection, spoofing, and denial of service;

    (H) describe common data destruction and media sanitation practices such as wiping, shredding, and degaussing; and

    (I) develop an incident response plan for a given scenario or attack.

  (14) Risk assessment. The student understands risk management processes and concepts. The student is expected to:

    (A) describe Zero Trust, least privilege, and various access control methods such as mandatory access control (MAC), role-based access control (RBAC), and discretionary access control (DAC);

    (B) develop and defend a plan for multi-factor access control using components such as biometric verification systems, key cards, tokens, and passwords; and

    (C) review and appraise a disaster recovery plan (DRP) that includes backups, redundancies, system dependencies, and alternate sites.

  (15) Risk assessment. The student investigates the role and effectiveness of environmental controls. The student is expected to:

    (A) explain commonly used physical security controls, including lock types, fences, barricades, security doors, and mantraps; and

    (B) describe the role of embedded systems such as fire suppression; heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems; security alarms; and video monitoring.


Source Note: The provisions of this §127.794 adopted to be effective August 7, 2022, 47 TexReg 4522

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