Introduction to Encryption and Cryptography CO220 / A02

Duration
6 Weeks
Learning Method
Online Delivered CPD

Summary

Discover the history of encryption and learn how it's used in the modern world

On this course, you will learn about what encryption is and understand its use in the past by using the Caesar and Vigenère ciphers.

You will also look at the present and future of encryption and investigate both symmetric and asymmetric encryption schemes.

The course includes several practical encryption activities which you can complete and use in your own classroom.

 

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Outcomes

You will be able to:

  • Describe the general process of encryption and decryption
  • Apply a Caesar Cipher and a Vigenère Cipher
  • Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of different encryption algorithms
  • Compare symmetric and asymmetric encryption
  • Produce an implementation of a Caesar Cipher and RSA encryption in Python
  • Demonstrate methods of breaking simple encryption schemes
  • Describe how encryption is used in the modern world, and some of the possible ethical implications of this

Sessions

DateTimeLocation
1 Introduction to Encryption and Cryptography02 March 202000:00-00:00Online course

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