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Cybersecurity · CYB-101

Password Security

Create strong, unique passwords and protect accounts with password managers and multi-factor authentication.

LEVELBeginner
LESSON TIMEAbout 5 hours
FORMAT6 self-paced lessons
PATHWAYCDAP required

Practice and the final project time is additional to the lesson estimate.

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IS THIS COURSE FOR YOU?

What to expect from Password Security

Anyone who manages personal, school, or workplace accounts.

What you will learn

  • Create a strong password strategy
  • Use a password manager safely
  • Configure multifactor authentication and recovery options

LESSON OUTLINE SAMPLE

How passwords are attacked

How passwords are attacked is more than a term to remember: it is a practical skill that requires you to understand the situation, select an appropriate method, complete the work carefully, and verify the result. Use this study guide to connect the underlying ideas to the decisions you will make in the lesson activity.

This sample shows the lesson goals and selected takeaways. Enroll to access the complete lesson notes, activities, and assignments.

What this lesson covers

  • Explain the purpose and everyday value of Password Security.
  • Recognize the core skills and safe practices introduced in this course.
  • Apply the introductory concepts to a realistic activity.

Selected takeaways

  • Account security uses long, unique credentials, secure storage, multi-factor authentication, protected recovery methods, and rapid action after a breach. Reusing passwords creates a chain reaction: one exposed password can unlock several services. A password manager reduces this risk by generating and storing a different password for every account.
  • Secure account foundations: Understand password threats and build stronger credentials.
  • For Getting started with Password Security, practice with sample information, verify the result, and record the safe process you followed.

COMPLETE SYLLABUS

3 modules · 6 lessons

6 follow-up assignments · 3 assessments
01
Secure account foundationsUnderstand password threats and build stronger credentials.
2 lessons
  1. 1.1How passwords are attacked
  2. 1.2Create memorable passphrases
02
Protection toolsUse modern tools to protect every account.
2 lessons
  1. 2.1Use a password manager
  2. 2.2Turn on multi-factor authentication
03
Recovery and responsePrepare for lockouts, breaches, and suspicious activity.
2 lessons
  1. 3.1Protect recovery methods
  2. 3.2Respond to a compromised account

FINAL COURSE PROJECT

Personal and Team Account Security Plan

Submit a password policy, password-manager rollout, MFA plan, recovery procedure and user-training checklist, supporting evidence of your process, and a concise reflection. Do not include passwords, private records or confidential information.

Approximately 4 hours · Instructor reviewed

How success is evaluated

  • The project responds directly to the stated audience, purpose and scenario.
  • The submitted artifact demonstrates skills from multiple modules rather than one isolated lesson.
  • The learner provides evidence of testing, verification and revision.
  • The work addresses uniqueness, secure storage, phishing resistance, recoverability and adoption.
  • The explanation is original, clear, well organized and suitable for instructor review.

GRADING AND CERTIFICATE POLICY

Progress by demonstrating mastery

This course is completed through verified evidence of learning—not by averaging every activity into a traditional grade. You can use feedback, revise your work, and resubmit when an instructor requests changes.

  1. Complete the lessonsFinish the required lessons and applied practice in the published course release.
  2. Pass knowledge checksMeet each assessment’s published passing score. Attempt limits and retry guidance are shown before starting.
  3. Demonstrate practical skillsSubmit required assignments using safe, non-confidential evidence and receive instructor approval.
  4. Pass the final projectComplete the course-specific project and satisfy its published marking rubric. Revise and resubmit when requested.
  5. Unlock the certificateThe certificate becomes eligible only after every required lesson, assessment, assignment approval, and final-project requirement is verified.
How grading decisions are made
  • Courses use mastery-based completion rather than an averaged GPA or assignment-category percentage.
  • Practice activities help learners improve and do not reduce a course grade.
  • The rubric displayed with the active assignment in My Learning is authoritative.
  • Accuracy, safety, privacy, accessibility, or ethical failures may require revision even when other work is strong.
  • Instructor feedback and earlier submissions remain visible when work is revised and resubmitted.

Published assessment requirements: Secure account foundations knowledge check: 75% passing score, up to 3 attempts · Protection tools knowledge check: 75% passing score, up to 3 attempts · Recovery and response knowledge check: 75% passing score, up to 3 attempts

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