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Cryptography Primer
Cryptography is the cornerstone of communication in today’s world. The use of cryptography to encrypt data has been done since ancient times and is still done today. Today, with the multitudes of data leakage and privacy concerns, it’s no wonder that encryption is a key point in both our daily lives and business communication. This chapter will serve as a primer for cryptography, whereby we will highlight some of the key aspects of encryption.
In this chapter, we will cover the following main topics:
- What is encryption?
- Overview of common encryption ciphers
- Encryption algorithms
- Common types of encryption attacks
- Encryption in the cloud
Technical requirements
This chapter has no technical requirements.
What is encryption? ...
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