Cybersecurity and Defense · Networks & Security

Encryption and Cryptography

Understanding symmetric and asymmetric encryption and their roles in securing data.

Key Questions

  1. 1How can two parties communicate securely without ever meeting?
  2. 2What makes a cryptographic algorithm difficult to crack?
  3. 3How does encryption protect our privacy in a digital world?

MOE Syllabus Outcomes

MOE: Cybersecurity - S4MOE: Data Security - S4
Level: Secondary 4
Subject: Computing
Unit: Cybersecurity and Defense
Period: Networks & Security

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