Networks and Digital Security · Networks & Security

Encryption and Cryptography

Study the history and application of symmetric and asymmetric encryption in securing digital communications.

Key Questions

  1. 1How does public key cryptography allow two strangers to communicate securely?
  2. 2What are the societal implications if government agencies have backdoors to encryption?
  3. 3How does the rise of quantum computing threaten current encryption standards?

Ontario Curriculum Expectations

ON: Computer Environments - Grade 11ON: Computers and Society - Grade 11
Grade: Grade 11
Subject: Computer Science
Unit: Networks and Digital Security
Period: Networks & Security

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