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Three hours lecture; 3 credits. This course will provide practical knowledge on a wide range of cryptography mechanisms and will explore their relationship with today's modern communications and networks. It includes the fundamentals of cryptography, classic and modern encryption, decryption, public and private key structures, digital signature and secure hash functions.

Learning Objectives

 

  • Explain the importance of Cryptography as the workhorse in cyber security
  • Edentify and compare the classical encryption techniques and exploit their vulnerabilities
  • Design and employ block ciphers such as DES, 3DES, AES and measure their strengths based on their key size
  • Relate the number theory into key generation for asymmetric cryptography and explain RSA
  • Compare symmetric and symmetric encryption mechanisms and select appropriate method for each application
  • Explain the application of encryption in RSA and authentication methods, HASH, MAC, SHA, and digital signatures
  • Implement Suite B algorithms, Data at rest security measure, EC and ID based Crypto techniques

 

Framework Connections

The materials within this course focus on the NICE Framework Task, Knowledge, and Skill statements identified within the indicated NICE Framework component(s):

Specialty Areas

  • Cyber Defense Infrastructure Support

Specialty Areas have been removed from the NICE Framework. With the recent release of the new NICE Framework data, updates to courses are underway. Until this course can be updated, this historical information is provided to give better context as to how it can help you with your cybersecurity goals.

Feedback

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