CISSP Exam Cram, Third Edition

Chapter 4. Cryptography

Terms you’ll need to understand

✓ Symmetric encryption

✓ Asymmetric encryption

✓ Algorithm

✓ Key

✓ Encrypt

✓ Decrypt

✓ One-time pad

✓ Hashing

✓ Message digests

✓ Public key infrastructure (PKI)

✓ Zero knowledge proof

✓ Steganography

✓ IPSec

✓ Link encryption

✓ End-to-end encryption

Techniques you’ll need to master

✓ Identify cryptographic attacks

✓ Describe the advantages and disadvantages of symmetric and asymmetric systems

✓ Define the structure of public key infrastructure

✓ Detail the components of IPSec

✓ Define the concept of non-repudiation

✓ Know the importance of key security

✓ Be able to define the different modes of DES

✓ Know the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)

✓ Determine the difference between block ...