Choose Your Tools
Pick the tools that work best on your device. The skill matters more than the software. Chromebook, Windows, Mac and iPad users can all complete this activity successfully.
Use this to find, compare and record reliable cybersecurity information without copying unsafe technical instructions.
Use this to plan, write notes, draft explanations, record sources and create written portfolio evidence.
Use this to present your findings clearly to a class, family, school group or community audience.
Use this to create posters, infographics, cards, diagrams or campaign visuals.
Use this if you want to record a short explainer, awareness video or narrated briefing.
Use this to create tables, rank risks, compare options or organise evidence.
Guide learners towards safe, high-level explanations of cybercrime. Avoid detailed attack methods. Encourage case notes that focus on impact, response and lessons rather than technical tactics.
Successful work should include six examples of cybercrime, four actor profiles, a motives and targets map, three impact case notes and a final briefing that explains why response is complex.
To simplify, provide a shortlist of actor types and sources. To extend, ask learners to compare cybercrime response across individuals, businesses and public services or create a decision-maker briefing.
Understanding the cybercrime landscape matters for careers in cybersecurity, policing, journalism, law, business risk, insurance, public policy, education and community safety.
