2023-2024 Course Standards

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Essential standards (highlighted in green below) are big, powerful ideas that are necessary and essential for students to know to be successful in a course. Essential standards identify the appropriate verb and cognitive process intended for the student to accomplish. Essential standards provide value throughout a student's career, in other courses, and translate to the next level of education or world of work.

Objectives/Indicators (rows not highlighted in green below) provide another level of detail for each Essential Standard.

Adapted or Adopted Course includes essential standards and, in many cases, specific objectives/indicators aligned with business and industry standards and/or criteria for credentials or certifications. The course standards are designed using the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy (RBT). If the POL is a CTE State Assessment, the course is written at the level of the ESSENTIAL STANDARD and assesses the intended outcome of the sum of its objectives/indicators.

The six NC Essential Employability Skills are Communication, Ethics, Problem Solving, Professionalism, Resource Management, and Teamwork. These skills are covered among the course essential standards and objectives/indicators as listed beside each. NC CTE curriculum provides and supports career awareness, career exploration, career development, technical skill development, and career readiness where six Essential Employability Skills are included in CTE Curriculum Standards. CTE builds a career and college ready workforce through the K-12 pipeline and provides a consistent and 'common language' for identification of the six Essential Employability Skills.

Career and Technical Education conducts all activities and procedures without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, gender, or disability. The responsibility to adhere to safety standards and best professional practices is the duty of the practitioners, teachers, students, and/or others who apply the contents of this document.

This blueprint has been reviewed by business and industry representatives for technical content and appropriateness for the industry.

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  • Standard/Obj #: The essential standard is denoted by the digits before the dot; objectives/indicators are indicated by the final 2 digits.
  • Standard: Essential standard and specific objective/indicator statements per essential standard. Each essential standard statement or specific objective/indicator begins with an action verb and makes a complete sentence when combined with The learner will be able to... Outcome behavior in each essential standard or objective/indicator statement is denoted by the verb plus its object.
  • Course Weight: Shows the relative importance of each essential standard or objective/indicator. Course weight is used to help determine the percentage of total class time that is spent on each objective/indicator.
  • RBT Designation: Classification of outcome behavior in essential standards and indicator statements in Dimensions according to the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy:
    Cognitive Process Dimension: 1 Remember, 2 Understand, 3 Apply, 4 Analyze, 5 Evaluate, 6 Create.
    Knowledge Dimension: A Factual Knowledge, B Conceptual Knowledge, C Procedural Knowledge.

BL66 Fundamentals of Information Security I

Course Type: Adopted




Standard/Obj #Standard/ObjectiveCourse WeightRBT DesignationEssential Employability Skills
1.00Understand computing basics and computer hardware.5%B2 Conceptual Knowledge - Understand-
1.01Understand computing basics.1%--
1.02Identify the types of computing devices and internal components.2%--
1.03Understand the value of data and information.2%--
2.00Understand computer software and software development concepts.5%B2 Conceptual Knowledge - Understand-
2.01Understand types of software and their uses.1%--
2.02Understand working with files, folders, and applications.2%--
2.03Understand programming organizational techniques and interpret logic.2%--
3.00Understand networking.10%B2 Conceptual Knowledge - Understand-
3.01Understand network characteristics, data sharing, and storage methods.5%--
3.02Understand how to install and configure a SOHO router.5%--
4.00Understand computer security.10%B2 Conceptual Knowledge - Understand-
4.01Identify the types of computer security threats.6%--
4.02Understand computer user account settings to secure computing devices.2%--
4.03Identify secure web browsing practices.2%--
5.00Understand networking fundamentals.20%B2 Conceptual Knowledge - Understand-
5.01Compare and contrast the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model layers and encapsulation concepts.5%--
5.02Explain the characteristics of network topologies and network types.5%--
5.03Explain common ports and protocols, their application, and encrypted alternatives.5%--
5.04Configure a subnet and use appropriate IP addressing schemes.5%--
6.00Understand network implementations.10%B2 Conceptual Knowledge - Understand-
6.01Compare and contrast various devices, their features, and their appropriate placement on the network.4%--
6.02Compare and contrast routing technologies and bandwidth management concepts.3%--
6.03Configure and deploy common Ethernet switching features.3%--
7.00Understand network operations.10%B2 Conceptual Knowledge - Understand-
7.01Use the appropriate statistics and sensors to ensure network availability.5%--
7.02Explain high availability and disaster recovery concepts and summarize which is the best solution.5%--
8.00Understand network security.20%B2 Conceptual Knowledge - Understand-
8.01Explain common security concepts.6%--
8.02Compare and contrast common types of attacks.6%--
8.03Apply network hardening techniques.8%--
9.00Understand network troubleshooting.10%B2 Conceptual Knowledge - Understand-
9.01Explain the network troubleshooting methodology.2%--
9.02Troubleshoot common cable connectivity issues and select the appropriate tools.3%--
9.03Use the appropriate network software tools and commands.3%--
9.04Troubleshoot general networking issues.2%--