Introducing Encryption and Cryptography

Overview/Description
To discuss techniques for encrypting information

Target Audience
Any individual with technical security responsibilities, including system/network administrators and security officers/administrators; managers or technical staff who wish to demonstrate a technical understanding of a broad range of security-related issues and technologies

Prerequisites
A basic knowledge of networking internetworking concepts and associated hardware

Expected Duration
195 Minutes

Objectives:

Introducing Encryption and Cryptography

  • outline the history of encryption and the reasons why encryption is important.
  • outline the principles of symmetric encryption.
  • explain what a block cipher is and identify the algorithms that use them.
  • discuss the fundamentals of asymmetric encryption.
  • explain the functionality of hashes and message functions in protecting the integrity of encrypted data.
  • describe the processes involved in symmetric and asymmetric encryption.
  • outline the different methods of managing encryption keys.
  • discuss some practical applications of encryption.
  • implement a secure encryption scheme on a computer.
  • exchange encrypted e-mails.


    • Course Number: 100220_eng