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Cryptography and Information Theory

Welcome to Cryptography and Information Theory! This course combines cryptography (the techniques for protecting information from unauthorized access) and information theory (the study of information coding and transfer). More specifically, the course studies cryptography from the information-theoretical perspectives and discuss the concepts such as entropy and the attacker knowledge capabilities, e.g., Kerckhoff's Principle. It also contrasts information-theoretic security and computational security to highlight the different train of thoughts that drive the cryptographic algorithmic construction and the security analyses. This course is a part of the Applied Cryptography specialization.

Status: Cybersecurity
Status: Information Assurance
IntermediateCourse8 hours

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GP

Reviewed May 15, 2019

A very neat and easy to follow course that introduces the basic concepts of cryptography and its use in modern world!

PJ

Reviewed Mar 9, 2022

nice experience of this course best course in my life..

AJ

Reviewed May 16, 2020

Good course...provides the fundamental idea behind the relationship between cryptography and information theory...

MJ

Reviewed Jul 16, 2020

Course is very simple to follow with good questions in the quizes

SS

Reviewed Jun 5, 2020

It was a great course and the tutor explained it well.

CJ

Reviewed Sep 3, 2022

It is a good course to beging with cyrptography. Quizzes and Assignments are also well designed to understand the concepts.

BA

Reviewed Apr 17, 2020

This course helps in developing research and teaching skills.The overall course contents covered were excellent.Thank You.

RD

Reviewed Aug 14, 2020

Wording is simple with plenty of examples and analogies. Easy to follow.

SD

Reviewed Jan 13, 2018

This is fabulous course that i found, great assignment and questions make this course course worth full.

RB

Reviewed Sep 30, 2021

I really enjoyed the courses. I recommend you to finish the different courses. Thank you for the high quality courses.

ES

Reviewed Jun 29, 2020

This course requires more information on the topics. Due to less explanation and information on topics it becomes a bit difficult to solve questions. But all in all the course is good

AP

Reviewed Jan 16, 2024

A great course for beginners. It is evident, that the Instructor has put much effort in designing this course.

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