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CTEC 445 - Fundamentals of Cryptography and Applications

3 Credits

(Spring)
Prerequisite(s): CTEC 128 and CTEC 230​. This course will examine the details of how some of the typical security protection measures work. Topics include: Certificate Authorities (CA), Public Key Infrastructure, Rivest‐Shamir‐Adleman (RSA) architectures, Data Encryption Standard, Pretty Good Privacy, steganography, and security standards. In addition, key cryptologic terms, concepts, and principles will be defined and explained as well as authentication, access control, non‐repudiation, data integrity, and confidentiality issues.