Course: Cryptography
Cryptography is the practice and study of techniques for securing communication and data from adversaries. It involves encoding information to protect it from unauthorized access, ensuring confidentiality, integrity, and authentication. Cryptography is widely used in applications such as secure communications, digital signatures, blockchain, and cybersecurity. This course covers fundamental cryptographic concepts, encryption methods, hashing algorithms, key management, and real-world applications in modern security systems.
Course Objective
- Understand the principles and importance of cryptography in cybersecurity
- Learn about symmetric and asymmetric encryption techniques
- Explore various cryptographic algorithms such as AES, RSA, and ECC
- Understand hashing techniques and their applications in data integrity
- Implement digital signatures and certificates for authentication
- Study key exchange protocols, including Diffie-Hellman and PKI
- Examine cryptographic attacks and how to mitigate them
- Analyze real-world applications of cryptography in blockchain and secure communications
- Understand cryptographic protocols like SSL/TLS for secure data transmission
- Explore emerging trends in cryptography, such as quantum cryptography
