Specification: AQA 8525 – Fundamentals of Cyber Security
Lesson Length: 60 minutes
Class Type: Mixed ability (exam year group)

Learning Objectives (Exam Language)

By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:

1. Define the term social engineering

2. Explain different forms of social engineering:

   • Phishing

   • Blagging (pretexting)

   • Shoulder surfing

3. Describe methods used to protect against social engineering attacks

4. Apply knowledge to GCSE-style exam questions

(Success criteria explicitly matches AQA command words.)

Key Vocabulary

• Social engineering

• Phishing

• Blagging (pretexting)

• Shoulder surfing

• Exploit

• Malware

• Spam