Networking and Cyber Defense · Networks & Security
Encryption and Cryptography
The mathematics of securing information through public and private key exchange.
Key Questions
- 1How can two parties share a secret over a public channel?
- 2What are the societal costs of unbreakable encryption?
- 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
Suggested Methodologies
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