GCSE Computer Science/Security

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Show understanding of the need to keep data safe from accidental damage, including corruption and human errors - 2016 CIE Syllabus p14

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Show understanding of the need to keep data safe from malicious actions, including unauthorised viewing, deleting, copying and corruption - 2016 CIE Syllabus p14

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Show understanding of how data are kept safe when stored and transmitted - 2016 CIE Syllabus p14

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Internet Security edit

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Show understanding of the need to keep online systems safe from attacks including denial of service attacks, phishing, pharming and human errors - 2016 CIE Syllabus p14

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Describe how (this knowledge) can be applied to real-life scenarios including, for example, online banking, shopping - 2016 CIE Syllabus p14