Networking and Cyber Defense · Networks & Security

Encryption and Cryptography

The mathematics of securing information through public and private key exchange.

Key Questions

  1. 1How can two parties share a secret over a public channel?
  2. 2What are the societal costs of unbreakable encryption?
  3. 3How does quantum computing threaten current security standards?

Common Core State Standards

CSTA: 3B-NI-04
Grade: 11th Grade
Subject: Computer Science
Unit: Networking and Cyber Defense
Period: Networks & Security

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