Encryption Fundamentals

By Tia Williams

Learn all the basics of encryption and cryptography.

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.

  • 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

What you will need

  • None.

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