CASP CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner Certification Study Guide (Exam CAS-001)

1Cryptographic Tools

CERTIFICATION OBJECTIVES

1.01 Determine Appropriate Tools and Techniques

1.02 Advanced PKI Concepts

1.03 Hashing

1.04 Cryptographic Applications

1.05 Digital Signature

1.06 Code Signing

1.07 Nonrepudiation

1.08 Transport Encryption

1.09 Implications of Cryptographic Methods and Design

1.10 Entropy

1.11 Pseudorandom Number Generation

1.12 Perfect Forward Secrecy

1.13 Confusion

1.14 Diffusion

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Cryptography is one of the many tools used to secure data in a system. This chapter introduces the use of cryptographic tools and techniques to secure systems and data in the enterprise. Several factors ...