Cryptography and PKI


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


Overview/Description
To recognize network security problems, and how cryptography and PKI secure network applications

Target Audience
IT professionals responsible for installing, configuring, and maintaining the ongoing administration of a Cisco IP Telephony solution; candidates preparing for the Cisco IP Telephony exam (642-444 CIPT)

Prerequisites
CIPT v4.1 Part 1; CCNA certification; Building Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks (BCMSN); Cisco voice over IP (CVOICE); Microsoft Software for Cisco Voice (MSCV)

Expected Duration (hours)
1.6

Lesson Objectives

Cryptography and PKI

  • recognize how cryptography and encryption secure applications.
  • determine how cryptography and encryption secure applications in a given scenario.
  • recognize how hash functions provide data integrity and how digital signatures provide identity and integrity.
  • recognize how PKI works, the function of certificates, and how they are issued.
  • recognize the process of PKI certificate enrolment and PKI certificate revocation, and how PKI-enabled applications are used on the Internet.

    • Course Number:
    237604_eng