Introduction to Cryptology

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Free Online Course: Introduction to Cryptology provided by Swayam is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 4 weeks long. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Introduction to Cryptology is taught by Sugata Gangopadhyay.

Overview
  • Cryptology is employed to communicate securely, authenticate messages and sign digitally. This four-week course “Introduction to Cryptology” is designed for both computer science and mathematics students, touching upon the most important ideas and techniques of the present day cryptology. All the pre-requisite topics are revised during the lectures making this course self-contained and accessible to a wider audience. It is hoped that this course will prepare interested students for a more extensive course on Information Security.

Syllabus
  • Week-1: Classical Cryptography, Shannon’s Theory.
    Week-2: Block Ciphers.
    Week-3: Public Key Cryptography.
    Week-4: Cryptographic Hash Functions.