Cybersecurity and Digital Defense · Networks & Security

Cryptography and Authentication

The mathematics of secret writing and the methods used to verify identity.

Key Questions

  1. 1How does public key cryptography allow two people to share secrets without meeting?
  2. 2What are the strengths and weaknesses of multi-factor authentication?
  3. 3How would quantum computing affect current encryption standards?

Common Core State Standards

CSTA: 3A-NI-06CSTA: 3A-NI-08
Grade: 10th Grade
Subject: Computer Science
Unit: Cybersecurity and Digital Defense
Period: Networks & Security

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