Description: After completing this 3-credit course, students should have strong mathematical foundations including information theory, number theory, factoring, and prime number generation; cryptographic protocols including basic building blocks and protocols; cryptographic techniques including key generation and key management, and applications; cryptographic algorithms including DES, AES, Stream Ciphers, Hash functions, digital signatures, and more.

Reflection: After completing this 3-credit course, students should have strong mathematical foundations including information theory, number theory, factoring, and prime number generation; cryptographic protocols including basic building blocks and protocols; cryptographic techniques including key generation and key management, and applications; cryptographic algorithms including DES, AES, Stream Ciphers, Hash functions, digital signatures, and more.