SE-410
CRYPTOGRAPHY THEORY

1 Day

Tuition: $595

Target Audience: System Administrators, Security Auditors, IT Managers

Prerequisites:

  • Intermediate or Advanced Network and Systems Admin experience
  • Network Intrusion Protection course

As a result of completing this course, the student will be able to:

·         Explain common operations of cryptographic systems

·         Choose the right cryptographic system for the task at hand

·         Understand how and why hybrid cryptosystems are used today

Student Materials:

  • Binder of printed overheads & labs
  • Reference Book: TBA

What is Cryptography?

  • Cryptography vs. Cryptanalysis
  • Overview of Cryptographic functions

Symmetric Encryption

  • Concepts and Uses
  • Advantages and Limitations
  • Historical Encryption Schemes
  • Modern Encryption:
    • DES
    • 3DES
    • AES
    • Blowfish

Public Key Encryption

·         Concepts and Uses

·         Advantages and Limitations

·         Distributing Keys with Certificates

·         RSA

·         Diffie Hellman

·         Elliptical Curve (ECC)

Hashing Functions

  • Concepts and Uses
  • Collisions/Uniqueness?
  • MD2/MD4/MD5
  • SHA1/SHA2
  • Microsoft Proprietary (Lan Manager/NT LANMAN)

Digital Signatures

  • Concepts and Uses
  • Digital Signature Standard

 

Hybrid Systems

  • SSL Explained
  • EFS Explained

Summary List of Lab Exercises/Tools:

·         Cryptdemo tool

·         MD5sum tool

·         RSA public key demo

·         SSL packet capture

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