Course S2: Crypto Basics

Description

The safekeeping of keys (generation, storage and exchange), is of paramount importance to ensure the security of the data.
Utimaco solutions are based on cryptosystems to provide data confidentiality, data integrity and digital signatures.
For a better understanding of Utimaco solutions this course educates on the basic terminology and the main methods of cryptography.

You will learn about...

• Basic understanding of cryptosystems
• Symmetric algorithms
• Asymmetric algorithms
• Secure Key length
• Secure Key Management
• Use of cryptosystems in practice
  - Hybrid encryption
  - Digital Signatures
  - X.509 Certificates
• Typical crypto implementations in the Utimaco portfolio

Agenda

• Basic understanding
  
• Definitions
• Published algorithms
  

• How it works in general
• Advantages
• Disadvantages
• Secure Key length

• How it works in general
• Advantages
• Disadvantages
• Secure Key length

• “Digital Fingerprint”
• Advantages
• Disadvantages

• Key Exchange, Key management
• Hybrid encryption
• Key Backup, -Recovery
• Digital Signature
• Certificates (X.509)
• Function CA – RA
• Crypto security in hardware

• Check what you have learned (self check)