ECES / Certified Encryption Specialist

Module 1: Introduction and History of Cryptograph

• Gaps in Crypto Knowledge
• What is Cryptography?
• History of Cryptography
• Mono-Alphabet Substitution
• Multi-Alphabet Substitution
• Homophonic Substitution
• Null Ciphers
• Book Ciphers
• Rail Fence Ciphers
• Vernam Cipher
• The Enigma Machine
• CrypTool

Module 2: Symmetric Cryptography & Hashes

• Symmetric Cryptography
• Information Theory
• Kerckhoffs’s Principle
• Substitution
• Transposition
• Binary Math
• Block Cipher vs. Stream Cipher
• Symmetric Block Cipher Algorithms
• Symmetric Algorithm Methods
• Symmetric Stream Ciphers
• Hash Function
• CryptoBench

Module 3: Number Theory and Asymmetric Cryptography

• Asymmetric Encryption
• Basic Number Facts
• Birthday Theorem
• Random Number Generator
• Diffie-Hellman
• Rivest Shamir Adleman (RSA)
• Menezes–Qu–Vanstone
• MQV
• Digital Signature Algorithm
• Elliptic Curve
• Elgamal
• Cramer – Shoup
• YAK
• Forward Secrecy
• CrypTool

Module 4: Applications of Cryptography

• FIDPS Standards
• Digital Signatures
• What is a Digital Certificate?
• Certificate Authority (CA)
• Registration Authority (RA)
• Certificate Authority – Verisign
• Certificate Types
• Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
• Digital Certificate Terminology
• Server-based Certificate Validation Protocol
• Digital Certificate Management
• Trust Models
• Certificates and Web Servers
• Microsoft Certificate Services
• Windows Certificates: certmgr.msc
• Authentication
• PGP Certificates
• Wi-Fi Encryption
• SSL
• TLS
• Diagram
• Protocols
• Common SSL/TLS Libraries
• Virtual Private Network (VPN)
• Split Tunneling
• VPN Modes
• Encrypting Files
• BitLocker
• Disk Encryption Software: VeraCrypt
• Common Cryptography: Mistakes
• Steganography
• Steganalysis
• Steganography Detection Tools
• National Security Agency and Cryptography
• Unbreakable Encryption
• Blockchain

Module 5: Cryptanalysis

• Breaking Ciphers
• Cryptanalysis
• Frequency Analysis
• Kasiski
• Cracking Modern Cryptography
• Linear Cryptanalysis
• Differential Cryptanalysis
• Integral Cryptanalysis
• Cryptanalysis Resources
• Cryptanalysis Success
• Rainbow Tables
• Rainbow Table
• Password Cracking
• Tools

Module 6: Quantum Computing and Cryptography

• Quantum Computing and
• Cryptography
• Timeline
• Issues for QC
• Two Branches
• NIST
• Major Approaches
• Lattice Based Crypto
• Learning with Errors
• GGH
• NTRU
• Overview

• Mitarbeiter
• Fortgeschrittene