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Coventry University - Cryptography and Digital Certificates 

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Cryptography and Digital Certificates
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Overview

Duration

2 weeks

Total fee

900

Mode of learning

Online

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Cryptography and Digital Certificates
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Highlights

  • Duration 2 weeks
  • Weekly study 5 hours
  • 100% online Learn at your own pace
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Cryptography and Digital Certificates
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  • Explore the core principles of encryption and cryptography and how they can be applied to enhance cyber security models in real-life settings.
  • You'll investigate different encryption methods, digital signatures and certificates, and relevant cyber security laws.
  • Discover how hash functions are used to compress a bulk of message length to a short random-looking, fixed-length message digest.
  • You'll also study the two key types of encryption, symmetric encryption, and asymmetric encryption.
  • The course also unpacks the use of digital signatures and certificates as well as other techniques and protocols used for securing communications over a network.
  • You'll evaluate different types of attacks on cryptosystems and how to defend against them.
  • You'll consider the different types of cybercrime faced by organizations, including cyber-dependent crimes such as hacking and disruption of computer functionality.
  • You'll also examine the legal response to cyber crime, including applicable cyber laws and data privacy requirements in the EU.
  • The course concludes with a look at cloud security issues, studying the emergence of bring your own device policies (BYOD), the emerging trend of employees using their personal devices, and the associated risks.
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Cryptography and Digital Certificates
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Curriculum

Principles of Cryptography

Introduction to cryptography

Encryptions

Digital signatures and certificates

Securing communications

Crypto system attacks

Summary and reflection

Cyber law and legal responses to cyber crime

Welcome to Week 2 and cyber law

Cyber crime

The legal response to cyber crime

Cloud security

Sumary and reflection

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