COURSE CODE: 6302

Cybersecurity Fundamentals

SCED Code: 10302
Virginia Extended Description: I
Suggested Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12
Duration: 36 Weeks
Hours: 140
Credits: 1
Prerequisite: None
OSHA Compliance Required?: No
CTSO: FBLA
Non-Traditional?: F

Cybersecurity affects every individual, organization, and nation. This course focuses on the evolving and pervasive technological environment with an emphasis on securing personal, organizational, and national information. Students will be introduced to the principles of cybersecurity, explore emerging technologies, examine threats and protective measures, and investigate the diverse high-skill, high-wage, and high-demand career opportunities in the field of cybersecurity. Exciting opportunities will be presented to use interactive current resources in the study of cybersecurity such as Virginia Cyber Range, Virginia Space Grant Consortium, and Cyber.Org. Students will have the opportunity to prepare for success on related industry certifications aligned to the course content. Contextual instruction and student participation in co-curricular career and technical student organization (CTSO) activities will develop leadership, interpersonal, and career skills. High-quality work-based learning (HQWBL) will provide experiential learning opportunities related to students' career goals and/or interests, integrated with instruction, and performed in partnership with local businesses and organizations.

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Course Sequences

A combination of this course and those below, equivalent to two 36-week courses, is a concentration sequence. Students wishing to complete a specialization may take additional courses based on their career pathways. A program completer is a student who has met the requirements for a CTE concentration sequence and all other requirements for high school graduation or an approved alternative education program.

Virginia’s High Demand Occupations and Apprenticeable Occupations

Section § 2.2-2472 of the Code of Virginia requires the Virginia Board of Workforce Development (VBWD) to publish a list of jobs, trades, and professions for which a high demand for qualified workers exists or is projected.  The Virginia Office of Education Economics (VOEE) collaborated with the VBWD and related stakeholders to develop the high demand occupations list. VOEE’s mission is to leverage data to inform educational programming, policy, and workforce partnerships across the Commonwealth.  See also the Virginia 2024 High Demand Occupations Dashboard

Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) Code, Occupation Description, and Active Apprenticeable Occupation status (Yes/No per the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry). 

SOC Code Occupation Description Apprenticeable Occupation
151244 Network and Computer Systems Administrators No
151232 Computer User Support Specialists Yes
151242 Database Administrators No
151253 Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers No
113021 Computer and Information Systems Managers No
131082 Project Management Specialists No
151254 Web Developers No
339021 Private Detectives and Investigators No
339032 Security Guards No
132051 Financial and Investment Analysts No
492091 Avionics Technicians No
131041 Compliance Officers No

Career Clusters

Pathway Occupation
National Security
Planning
  • Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan
  • Urban and Regional Planners
Public Management & Administration
Regulation
  • Financial and Investment Analysts
  • Avionics Technicians
  • Compliance Officers
  • Transportation Inspectors
Revenue & Taxation
  • Financial and Investment Analysts
  • Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents

Pathway Occupation
Information Support & Services
  • Computer User Support Specialists
  • Database Administrators
  • Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
Network Systems
  • Network and Computer Systems Administrators
  • Computer and Information Systems Managers
Programming & Software Development
  • Project Management Specialists
  • Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
  • Web Developers
Web & Digital Communications
  • Computer User Support Specialists
  • Project Management Specialists
  • Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
  • Web Developers

Pathway Occupation
Law Enforcement Services
  • Private Detectives and Investigators
  • Forensic Science Technicians
  • Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers
Legal Services
Security & Protective Services
  • Private Detectives and Investigators
  • Security Guards

Pathway Occupation
Engineering & Technology
  • Computer Programmers
  • Network and Computer Systems Administrators
Science & Mathematics

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