Title: Demonstrate an understanding of information security.
Course: Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration I (17056-I) > Section: Demonstrating Professional Competencies

Demonstration includes

- identifying various information types/formats (e.g., paper, electronic)
- describing cybersecurity (e.g., risks, threats, vulnerabilities)
- using technology ethically (e.g., appropriately using social networks, managing personal information)
- abiding by workplace policies (e.g., acceptable use policy [AUP])
- protecting confidentiality (e.g., protecting login information and customer information)
- following workplace security

Process/Skill Questions:

- What is cybersecurity? Why is it important?
- What information is considered sensitive? How can a person protect sensitive information?
- What are the possible consequences of failing to protect confidentiality?
- What are the possible consequences of an employee failing to adhere to a company's AUP?

Teacher Resources:

- Information Security Activity, Career and Technical Education Consortium of States (CTECS)
- Microsoft Imagine Academy (MSIA) offers classroom resources and materials and instructional techniques that will help enhance instruction and learning for this concept. Using the school’s membership ID and product key for the Microsoft Imagine Academy, all resources are available through the MSIA Member Dashboard on the Microsoft site (https://member.imagineacademy.microsoft.com/).
  - To access the curriculum resources, select the Classroom Tile from the member
  - To access downloadable curriculum resources including the MOAC e-Book, Lesson Plans, and Study Guides select Curriculum Overview - Curriculum
  - To access Online Learning videos and tutorials select Online Learning Directory
  - For more information visit the Virginia Department of Education: How to Get Started with Microsoft Imagine Academy (http://www.doe.virginia.gov/instruction/career_technical/ms_it_academy/index.shtml)