Back to search
  • local
  • FREE
  • PRIVATE

Network Engineering and Cyber Security

  • From
  • Boneo Primary School
    582 Boneo Road, Boneo, VIC 3939, Australia

You are going to learn about cybersecurity; how people protect computer networks from being hacked. Instead of just reading about it, you'll play it out inside a Minecraft world. Your class gets split into two teams who go head-to-head.

Red Team- Your job is to find weaknesses in the network. Think like a hacker; look for unlocked doors, weak passwords, and gaps in the defences.
Blue Team- Your job is to protect the network. Spot the attacks, patch the holes, and keep the system running. Think like a security engineer.
 

What will you actually learn? How networks work. Computers talk to each other in layers, like a stack of rules called the OSI model. Finding vulnerabilities. A vulnerability is a weakness, like leaving a door unlocked. You'll learn to spot them. Designing defences. Once you find a hole, you'll figure out how to patch it and explain your solution. Teamwork and leadership. Each team needs a leader to coordinate. More advanced students can take charge.

Why does this matter in real life? Every hospital, bank, school, and government runs on computer networks. Cybersecurity professionals are the people who keep those networks safe from criminals and hackers. It's one of the fastest-growing careers in the world and it starts with exactly the skills you're practising here.

Location