Protecting Data from Theft, Loss or Damage Lesson Ideas

This worksheet asks students to research recent news stories about data security issues which have been reported on in the news.

Students are asked to read at least three current news stories, answer a set of questions and then report their findings back to the class.

Useful to ensure that students get an idea of the problems of data security in a real life context

This worksheets asks students to answer a series of questions. Most of the answers can be found from the mini-website available from here.

This worksheet asks questions about the main causes of data loss and what measures can be introduced to try and avoid it.

Case study - the great hotel disaster.

This short case study describes a fire in a hotel and the effects that occur when the computer is destroyed.

Students could work in groups to devise solutions to the problems that have arisen.

Click here for the case study.

This is an excellent lesson idea from S.Joynson - one of our regular contributors.

Mindmaps are an excellent way to condense a lot of information onto one page, and can be an invaluable aid to revision.

Students could use their textbooks or the worksheet above to help them create their own mindmaps.

Have a look at our example to give you an idea.