Cryptography Fundamentals E-Learning

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Cryptography, simply defined, is the practice of protecting sensitive data. For businesses, and even individuals, the use of cryptography has become essential for day-to-day operations. Cryptography has become a critical part of IT over the past decade to provide privacy, to secure data at rest, and to secure data in transit. Some of this demand has come from legal and/or regulatory requirements, such as the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, or PCI-DSS, and government requirements to protect Personally Identifiable Information, or PII.This path will cover the fundamentals of cryptography and provide you with the knowledge necessary to understand the different types of encryption and when they should be used to protect your data.

Course content

Cryptography Fundamentals: Defining Cryptography

What is Cryptography

Course: 28 Minutes

• Course Introduction
• Introducing Cryptography
• Identifying Historical Use of Cryptography
• Describing Cryptographic Terminology
• Defining Why Cryptography is Difficult
• Identifying the Current State of Cryptography
• Describing Export Controls and Limits on Cryptography

Purpose of Cryptography

Course: 14 Minutes

• Describing How Cryptography Provides Confidentiality
• Recognizing the Need for Data Integrity
• Defining Cryptography Authentication
• Applying Non-repudiation to Cryptography

Cryptographic Methods

Course: 27 Minutes

• Using a One-time Pad
• Describing Substitution Ciphers
• Using Symmetric Algorithms
• Working with Asymmetric Algorithms
• Hiding Data Using Steganography
• Using One-way Hashes
• Describing Digital Signatures

Building Blocks of Cryptography

Course: 21 Minutes

• Distinguishing between Block and Key Sizes
• Using Padding
• Formatting the Output
• Using Nonces and the Initialization Vector
• Identifying and Using Entropy
• Creating or Generating Keys

Practice: Identifying Cryptographic Algorithms

Course: 3 Minutes

• Exercise: Identify the Cryptographic Algorithm to Use

Modes of Operation

Course: 24 Minutes

• Course Introduction
• Describing Electronic Codebook (ECB)
• Using Cipher Block Chaining (CBC)
• Using Propagating Cipher Block Chaining (PCBC)
• Using Cipher Feedback (CFB)
• Using Output Feedback (OFB)
• Describing Counter (CTR)

Cryptographic Algorithms

Course: 21 Minutes

• Using the AES Block Algorithm
• Applying the DES/3DES Block Algorithm
• Describing the Blowfish Block Algorithm
• Describing the RC4 Streaming Algorithm
• Describing the ElGamal Algorithm
• Defining the RSA Algorithm

Hash Algorithms

Course: 10 Minutes

• Describing MD5, SHA1, and SHA
• Using SHA
• Describing HMAC

Cryptographic Keys

Course: 14 Minutes

• Describing Key Management
• Describing Key Exchange
• Describing Key Escrow

Everyday Use of Encryption

Course: 21 Minutes

• Identifying Secure Communications Over HTTPS
• Working with the Secure Shell (SSH)
• Using GPG with E-mail
• Working with Disk Encryption

Analysis

Course: 12 Minutes

• Identifying Algorithm and Key Strengths
• Describing Cryptanalysis
• Describing Side-channel Attacks

Practice: Applying Modes and Key Management

Course: 4 Minutes

• Exercise: Apply Cryptographic Modes and Algorithms