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ITM4610 - Introduction to Cryptography
Beginner Self-paced · 1 year access
7 Hands-On LiveLabs
Practice real IT tasks in guided environments.
- Real environments
- Auto-graded
- No installation
01 / Lessons & labs
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Lessons
10 Interactive Lessons · 92 topics01 Network Security Concepts, Encryption Techniques, Block Ciphers and the Data Encryption Standard 17 topics · 2 LiveLab +
- Cybersecurity, Information Security, and Network Security
- The OSI Security Architecture
- Security Attacks
- Security Services
- Security Mechanisms
- Cryptography
- Network Security
- Trust and Trustworthiness
- Standards
- Symmetric Cipher Model
- Substitution Techniques
- Transposition Techniques
- Traditional Block Cipher Structure
- The Data Encryption Standard
- A DES Example
- The Strength of DES
- Block Cipher Design Principles
2 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
02 Advanced Encryption Standard, Random Bit Generation and Stream Ciphers 14 topics · 2 LiveLab +
- Finite Field Arithmetic
- AES Structure
- AES Transformation Functions
- AES Key Expansion
- An AES Example
- AES Implementation
- Appendix 6A: Polynomials with Coefficients in GF(28)
- Principles of Pseudorandom Number Generation
- Pseudorandom Number Generators
- Pseudorandom Number Generation Using a Block Cipher
- Stream Ciphers
- RC4
- Stream Ciphers Using Feedback Shift Registers
- True Random Number Generators
2 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
03 Public-Key Cryptography, RSA and Cryptographic Hash Functions 11 topics · 2 LiveLab +
- Principles of Public-Key Cryptosystems
- The RSA Algorithm
- Diffie–Hellman Key Exchange
- Elgamal Cryptographic System
- Elliptic Curve Arithmetic
- Elliptic Curve Cryptography
- Applications of Cryptographic Hash Functions
- Two Simple Hash Functions
- Requirements and Security
- Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA)
- SHA-3
2 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
04 Message Authentication Codes, Digital Signatures, Cryptographic Key Management and Distribution 20 topics · 1 LiveLab +
- Message Authentication Requirements
- Message Authentication Functions
- Requirements for Message Authentication Codes
- Security of MACs
- MACs Based on Hash Functions: HMAC
- MACs Based on Block Ciphers: DAA and CMAC
- Authenticated Encryption: CCM and GCM
- Key Wrapping
- Pseudorandom Number Generation Using Hash Functions and MACs
- Digital Signatures
- Elgamal Digital Signature Scheme
- Schnorr Digital Signature Scheme
- Nist Digital Signature Algorithm
- Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm
- RSA-PSS Digital Signature Algorithm
- Symmetric Key Distribution Using Symmetric Encryption
- Symmetric Key Distribution Using Asymmetric Encryption
- Distribution of Public Keys
- X.509 Certificates
- Public-Key Infrastructure
1 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
05 User Authentication, Transport-Level Security and Wireless Network Security 13 topics +
- Remote User-Authentication Principles
- Remote User-Authentication Using Symmetric Encryption
- Kerberos
- Remote User-Authentication Using Asymmetric Encryption
- Federated Identity Management
- Web Security Considerations
- Transport Layer Security
- HTTPS
- Secure Shell (SSH)
- Wireless Security
- Mobile Device Security
- IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN Overview
- IEEE 802.11i Wireless LAN Security
06 Appendix A: Basic Concepts from Linear Algebra 2 topics +
- A.1 Operations on Vectors and Matrices
- A.2 Linear Algebra Operations Over Zn
07 Appendix B: Measures of Secrecy and Security 5 topics +
- B.1 Conditional Probability
- B.2 Perfect Secrecy
- B.3 Information and Entropy
- B.4 Entropy and Secrecy
- B.5 Min-Entropy
08 Appendix C: Data Encryption Standard +
09 Appendix D: Simplified AES 5 topics +
- D.1 Overview
- D.2 S-AES Encryption and Decryption
- D.3 Key Expansion
- D.4 The S-box
- D.5 S-AES Structure
10 Appendix E: Mathematical Basis of the Birthday Attack 5 topics +
- E.1 Related Problem
- E.2 The Birthday Paradox
- E.3 Useful Inequality
- E.4 The General Case of Duplications
- E.5 Overlap Between Two Sets
Hands-On Labs Our edge
7 LiveLabs- Using OWASP ZAP
- Performing Symmetric Encryption
- Encrypting a File or Folder
- Implementing AES Encryption
- Using OpenSSL to Create a Public/Private Key Pair
- Using the RSA Asymmetric Algorithm
- Using Steganography
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