Principles of Cybersecurity, 2nd Edition
Core Code Alignment
CTE / Information Technology
Systems Integration
35010000036: Security Fundamentals
Systems Integration
35010000036: Security Fundamentals
Recommendation
Recommended Primary
Evaluation
The material is engaging with numerous assessment tools and checks for understanding throughout the text and online resources. Hands-on activities and labs are used to keep students engaged while developing long-term knowledge and experience with the content being covered. The material is modern and relevant. See individual narratives for more information.
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Rubric : Career and Technical Education 2025
Compliance with State Law (Required)
| Item | 3 - Extensive | 2 - Adequate | 1 - Inadequate | 0 - None | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Sensitive Materials and Prohibited Submission 53G-10-103, R277-628 | NA | Does Not Violate Law | NA | May Violate Law | ||
| Does Not Violate Law | ||||||
| Prohibited discriminatory practices 53G-2-103-5, 53B-1-118 and 67-27-107 | NA | Does Not Violate Law | NA | May Violate Law | ||
| Does Not Violate Law | ||||||
| Maintaining constitutional freedom in the public schools. 53G-10-202 | NA | Does Not Violate Law | NA | May Violate Law | ||
| Does Not Violate Law | ||||||
Content
| Item | 3 - Extensive | 2 - Adequate | 1 - Inadequate | 0 - None | ||
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| 1. Assessment Tools | The material provides numerous, quality assessment tools for students, including reflective questions, activities, and application of skills. | The material provides some assessment tools for students, such as including reflective questions, activities, or application of skills. | The material provides minimal assessment tools for students including very little reflective questions, activities, or application of skills. | The material does not provide assessment tools for students. | ||
| Provides a reading prep, essential question, multiple quick look activities, a check for understanding, and vocabulary activity within each section. There is a review and assessment at the end of each chapter which includes a chapter summary, skills needed for the industry, a description of some significant security principles, a list of review questions, application and extension activities, a research project related to the chapter material, and extension activities for communication skills, portfolio development, and CTSO event prep. | ||||||
| 2. Teacher Resources & Training | The material provides quality teacher resources, including questioning strategies, activity ideas, evaluation tools, and differentiation strategies. | The material provides some teacher resources, including questioning strategies, activity ideas, evaluation tools, or differentiation strategies. | The material provides minimal teacher resources, including very little questioning strategies, activity ideas, evaluation tools, or differentiation strategies. | The material does not provide teacher resources. | ||
| Every chapter comes with instruction presentation slides, as well as lesson manuals, lab answer keys, and textbook answer keys. Tests are provided in multiple formats to be ready to import into various LMS systems such as Canvas or blackboard. Some chapters include Lab Manual Files when applicable. There is not much information for the instructor regarding how to use the resources provided to them. | ||||||
| 3. Ethnic Studies (Ethnic studies in core standards and curriculum should be a narrowly tailored incorporation of age-appropriate opportunities that naturally arise through education without pretextual effort in courses, programs, or activities where ethnic studies is not a primary focus. The material should incorporate curriculum of people and cultures that reflect the state’s various demographics without commentary that seeks to violate the neutrality standard established in codes: 53B-1-118, 53G-2-103, 53G-2-104, 53G-2-105, 67-27-107, | In addition to the content outlined in “Adequate,” this material offers multiple evidence-based supplemental resources and opportunities for learning about various forms of cultural philosophies and epistemologies from Utah, the United States, and worldwide. The materials provide cultural backgrounds, contemporary real-life experiences, and contexts that are relevant to local students. Some examples may include people with disabilities, various body types, and ages. | This material demonstrates respect for diverse socio-cultural identities. The material provides opportunities to acknowledge and integrate the histories, cultures, contributions, and perspectives of people from the United States and worldwide. The material accurately represents the cultures, languages, traditions, beliefs, values, and customs of people from diverse backgrounds through a variety of texts, examples, scenarios, imagery, and applications. | The material has limited themes of social and cultural histories within the United States and globally. The material provides limited examples of inclusive or cultural real-life experiences and does not include diverse characters. | The material does not meet the requirements within the ethnic studies core standards and curriculum requirements. (53E-4-204.1). | ||
| Due to the technical nature of the material, there are limited examples which can be tied back to social and cultural histories within the U.S. and worldwide. Some images contain simple character illustrations with a small but diverse selection of characters. Most of the other images that contain people are either stock photos or photographs within the public domain. They are used to emphasize technical concepts and are not focused on ethnic studies. | ||||||
| 4. Shared Values and Character Traits | The material extends beyond the content outlined in "Adequate", it includes elements that connect Utahns to the world. The material offers multiple evidence-based supplemental resources and opportunities for cultivating character traits in students. The material offers multiple evidence-based supplemental resources and opportunities for cultivating character traits in students. Some examples may include characters with a variety of personalities, education, income, occupation, or behaviors that illustrate character traits. | The material focuses on the shared values of diverse people and communities, the common elements that unite Utahns, and displays some character traits in its imagery and content. It aims to cultivate character traits in students, such as courage, leadership, intelligence, integrity, honesty, respect, morality, civility, duty, honor, and service, along with principles found in the Constitution. | The material lacks a sense of shared values or common elements that unite Utahns. Furthermore, the material has limited resources addressing civic and character education. | The material does not meet the requirements within the ethnic studies core standards and curriculum requirements (53E-4-204.1) and civic and character education. (53G-10-204) | ||
| Ethical issues are addressed, when applicable, but they are presented in a way that engages the reader to draw their own conclusions based on a scenario presented to them. The material focuses more on best practices than focusing on any shared values or character traits due to the technical nature of the material. Ethics and an understanding of the consequences of cyber attacks are emphasized in a way that helps readers understand real world consequences of events that are covered. | ||||||
| 5. Utah CTE Course Standards Alignment | The material provides adequate preparation of skills through quality examples, explanations, and online resources of the content. | The material provides some preparation of skills through some examples, explanations, or online resources of the content. | The material provides minimal preparation of skills through minimal examples, explanations, or online resources of the content. | The material does not provide preparation of skills through examples, explanations, or online resources of the content. | ||
| The materials align with the Utah Course Standards by providing students with multiple examples, explanations, and online resources related to the content. Each chapter has been tied to a standard while also connecting to Industry level certification objectives. | ||||||
| 6. Engagement | The material is engaging by appealing to student interest through interactive and performance-based activities and content. | The material provides some engagement to student interest through some interactive or performance-based activities and content. | The material provides minimal engagement to student interest and includes minimal interactive or performance-based activities. | The material does not provide engagement to student interest through use of interactive or performance-based activities. | ||
| The material continually engages the student through the use of asking thought provoking questions (Essential Questions and Ethical Issues), providing them with hands-on practice activities, and then finishing each section with a check for understanding. Each chapter concludes with additional activities to engage students and check their understanding of key concepts. The digital companion provides additional resources, such as flash cards, a matching activity, and vocabulary game to assist students in understanding the material covered in each chapter. | ||||||
| 7. Non-Text Content | The material contains authentic, relevant, applicable, and well-integrated non-text content (images, graphs, visual aids, etc.). | The material contains some authentic, relevant, applicable, integrated non-text content (images, graphs, visual aids, etc.) | The material contains minimal authentic, relevant, applicable, or integrated non-text content (images, graphs, visual aids, etc.) | The material does not contain authentic, relevant, applicable, or well-integrated non-text content (images, graphics, visual aids, etc.) | ||
| Images, graphs and diagrams that are included are related to and supplement the explanations of the text. | ||||||
Work-Based Learning
| Item | 3 - Extensive | 2 - Adequate | 1 - Inadequate | 0 - None | ||
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| 1. Industry Alignment | The material is aligned to industry standards through the use of research-based and real-world application of relevant, current terminology and content. | The material provides some alignment to industry standards through some use of research-based and real-world application of relevant or current terminology and content. | The material provides minimal alignment to industry standards through minimal use of research-based and real-world application of relevant or current terminology and content. | The material does not provide alignment to industry standards through the use of research-based and real-world application of relevant, current terminology and content. | ||
| The material is aligned to several industry certifications and ties sections of the material back to certification objectives. The certifications vary between providers and the certifications that they offer but the material is tied to applicable, real-world certification objectives. Additionally, the material provides some alignment to industry standards through some use of research-based and real-world application of relevant or current terminology and content. | ||||||
| 2. 21st Century & Workplace Skills | The material engages readers in the development of 21st-century and workplace skills, providing a greater depth of knowledge of the content. | The material provides some development of 21st century and workplace skills, providing some deepening of knowledge of the content. | The material provides minimal development of 21st century or workplace skills, providing minimal deepening of knowledge of the content. | The material does not provide development of 21st century or workplace skills, resulting in no deepening of knowledge of the content. | ||
| The material is modern and shares recent examples while teachings skills that are applicable today. | ||||||
Safety
| Item | 3 - Extensive | 2 - Adequate | 1 - Inadequate | 0 - None | ||
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| 1. Lab Spaces | The material provides adequate preparation for hands-on learning experiences through the inclusion of content-related lab spaces and associated safety practices. | The material provides some preparation for hands-on learning experiences through some inclusion of content-related lab spaces or associated safety practices. | The material provides minimal preparation for hands-on learning experiences through minimal inclusion of content-related lab spaces or associated safety practices. | The material does not provide preparation for hands-on learning experiences through the inclusion of content-related lab spaces or associated safety practices. | ||
| The lab spaces are all provided through the use of virtual environments, but the materials provide adequate instructions on how to set up the lab spaces. Regarding safety, the material contains a lesson on Physical Activity in order to reduce the risk of injury within the workplace. While the risk of injury is already fairly low, this lesson provides information on relevant safety practices. Due to the limited risk for injury in the Cybersecurity industry, safety isn't as big of a focus than some other industries. | ||||||
| 2. Lab Equipment | The material provides adequate preparation for hands-on learning experiences through the inclusion of a wide range of current and content-relevant lab equipment with associated safety practices. | The material provides some preparation for hands-on learning experiences through some inclusion of current and content-relevant lab equipment or associated safety practices. | The material provides minimal preparation for hands-on learning experiences through minimal inclusion of current and content-relevant lab equipment or associated safety practices. | The material does not provide preparation for hands-on learning experiences through the inclusion of current and content-relevant lab equipment or associated safety practices. | ||
| The lab spaces are all provided through the use of virtual environments, but the materials provide adequate instructions on how to set up the lab spaces. All necessary software and documentation that is relevant to the labs are provided in the material. | ||||||
Material Characteristics (Total Points:9)
| Item | 3 - Extensive | 2 - Adequate | 1 - Inadequate | 0 - None | ||
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| 1. Physical Characteristics | The material goes beyond the content outlined in "Adequate" by incorporating modern, up-to-date, and relatable visuals. | In physical terms, the material is interactive and provides high-quality audio-visual and tactile experiences for all users. | The material offers limited or low-quality audio-visual and tactile experiences for students, but it is reusable. | The content either has low audio-visual quality or is not intended for reuse. | ||
| The material is engaging and modernized. It contains high-quality, up-to-date visuals that are relevant to the content being covered. There is plenty of hands-on activities to keep students engaged while also challenging them to think critically. | ||||||
| 2. Technical Standards | The material surpasses the content outlined in "Adequate" by ensuring the safeguarding of student data privacy and easy installation or access without technical assistance. Furthermore, any licensing information is clearly stated in the description. | The materials meet all the requirements of federal and state laws, as well as accepted technical standards such as ISTE Standards and VPAT Compliance. Additional technical specifications and limitations, including hardware requirements, bandwidth demands, and software/web access restrictions, are clearly outlined in the description. The design of the materials allows for error-free installation or access without the need to purchase additional components. | The material is constrained by specifications that require additional materials, technical assistance, hardware, software, or infrastructure. Access to resources within the material expires after a trial period. | Student data privacy is at risk. | ||
| Data privacy is addressed in the publisher's privacy policy as well as in their FAQ pages. The privacy policy is available within all of the material provided for review. The minimum system requirements were provided for review but I did not see this listed within the material itself. While a materials list is provided, it does not address system requirements, technical specifications, or other technical requirements or restrictions from what I could see. | ||||||
| 3. Adaptability | The material is currently relevant and adaptable for educators and students. The material can be customized for the needs of diverse learners. | Educators or students can utilize the material, but it may not be customizable for the needs of diverse learners. | The material has limited options to address adaptability for the needs of diverse learners. | The material is not suitable for different educational settings with diverse learners. | ||
| The material is currently relevant and adaptable for educators and students. The material can be customized for the needs of diverse learners. Customizations would need to be made by the teacher but the materials are editable. | ||||||
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