Understanding Cryptography

Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number

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Overview/Description
To define cryptograhy and identify its use in ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, authenticity, and non-repudiation of information

Target Audience
Candidates who plan to take the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium's (ISC)2 Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP) certification exam or IT professionals who want an introduction to the concepts and practices of information system security

Prerequisites
The candidate should have at least one year of cumulative experience in one or more of the seven SSCP test domains

Expected Duration (hours)
2.5

Lesson Objectives

Understanding Cryptography

recognize how encryption developed and identify the process and types involved.

identify the block cipher modes of operation and the different block cipher algorithims.

to identify the role of hashes and digital signatures in protecting the integrity of encrypted data.

recognize encryption processes.

identify the various methods of key management.

identify the features of the general hierarchical model of public key infrastructure and the top-down hierarchical SET public key infrastructure.

identify the types and features of encryption protocols.

identify various types of cryptographic attack.

Course Number:
206538_eng