Introduction to Cryptography

Explore the ins and outs of cryptography as you learn key concepts like encryption and decryption.

Learn about the block-based cipher and stream-based ciphers as you encrypt and decrypt messages using a Caesar cipher.

Implement hash functions and their purpose as you explore their importance in information security.

Learn how hackers attempt to crack hashes as you explore brute-force attacks, dictionary attacks, and rainbow table attacks.

Discover how salting improves the encryption process as you explore the relationship between password length, password uniqueness, and password security.

Define digital forensics as you explore hash collision attacks.

Develop your very own encryption using concepts you’ve learned from the course!