Apprentice Level

Encryption Fundamentals

By Tia Williams

Learn all the basics of encryption and cryptography.

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2 hours

15 Lessons

About the course

Welcome to the Encryption Fundamentals course! In this course, we’ll explore the basic concepts of cryptography and encryption and discuss the history of the subject from ancient times to the modern-day. We will also take a detailed look at how encryption works in practice and learn how we can use it to keep our data secure.

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Chapter 1 3 Lessons Introduction 7:19

An Important Note About A Cloud Guru and Linux Academy Courses
1:19

About the Course
5:32

About the Author
0:28
Chapter 2 3 Lessons Overview 45:22

Defining Cryptography
10:53

History of Cryptography
13:23

Practical Uses of Cryptography Today
21:06
Chapter 3 4 Lessons Encryption Algorithms 37:55

Symmetric Encryption
7:38

Block and Stream Ciphers
12:03

Hashing Algorithms
10:30

File Hashing
7:44
Chapter 4 4 Lessons Public Key Exchange 47:18

Asymmetric Encryption
4:59

Public Key Infrastructure
17:24

How a Public Key Exchange Works
6:58

Using Encryption Tools to Secure our Data
17:57
Chapter 5 1 Lesson Conclusion 3:00

What's Next?
3:00

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Encryption Fundamentals

About the course

An Important Note About A Cloud Guru and Linux Academy Courses

About the Course

About the Author

Defining Cryptography

History of Cryptography

Practical Uses of Cryptography Today

Symmetric Encryption

Block and Stream Ciphers

Hashing Algorithms

File Hashing

Asymmetric Encryption

Public Key Infrastructure

How a Public Key Exchange Works

Using Encryption Tools to Secure our Data

What's Next?

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Practice alongside courses in Cloud Playground

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