Cryptography for Cyber Security

What it covers

This course builds on broad overviews presented in INTE1120 Introduction to Information Security, INTE1122 Case Studies in Information Security and INTE1124 Coding for Reliable Communications. It introduces a more rigorous and in-depth study of cryptography. Classical and modern cryptosystems are used to ensure the secrecy and integrity of data communicated over an insecure channel. Topics covered include perfect secrecy and one-time pads; shift registers and stream ciphers; secret key systems: block ciphers and DES; public key systems: RSA, digital signatures, hash functions and applications. On completion of this course you should be able to: • Apply the knowledge and skills obtained to study further concepts in Information Security; and • Communicate and interpret ideas related to cryptography in Information Security applications in the form of answers to assignments.

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