Cyber Security Programme
Learn to protect people and organisations online.
Week 1 is a classroom Academy on the CIA triad, passwords and MFA, phishing, privacy and encryption, and the ethics and law of security. In weeks 2 to 5 students spend four days a week with a security operations team, an infrastructure team, an awareness team and a risk and privacy team, with daily teaching and hands-on defensive tasks. In week 6 they pilot and pitch a security plan or awareness campaign. Everything is defensive and authorised.
- Length
- 6 weeks, Monday to Thursday
- Format
- Academy, four placements, project week
- Tracks
- Explorer (11–12), Builder (13–14), Architect (15–17)
- Hosts
- Security, IT, awareness and risk teams
What students get
Week 1: Academy
CIA triad, threats, passwords and MFA, phishing, privacy, encryption and the ethics charter.
Weeks 2–5: placements
Security Operations, Networks and Systems Defence, The Human Side of Security, and Risk, Privacy and Governance.
Week 6: project
Score a real risk, design controls or a campaign, pilot it with users and pitch it.
Course packs and slides
An MYP-style course pack and teaching slides for every week, plus a library of teaching-session units.
Practice Room
Self-marking weekly quizzes, flashcards, a password lab, a cipher lab and a risk lab.
Defensive only
Students never access any system without written authorisation; they learn to protect, detect and respond.
Real materials, ready from day one
Every Cyber Security Programme student works from original Spectrum materials, written by our teachers, printed for class and available online in the Spectrum portal.
- 11 guides for teachers and parents
- 6 course packs and plans
- 5 unit and session packs
- 3 handbooks and journals
- A student handout for every slide deck, with space for notes
- Interactive practice room with quizzes and flashcards
- Answer keys and teaching notes for every teacher
Courses in this programme
Enrolled students and teachers open these materials in the Spectrum portal. Course materials are released in stages as the course runs.
| Course | Materials | Pages |
|---|---|---|
| Complete programme pack: weekly course packs, teaching sessions, student, parent, host and delivery materials33 packs and 15 slide decks | 48 | 693 |
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