CS 670 - Cryptography and Network Security

Prerequisites
CS 660, CS 662, and CS 663

Cryptography provides foundations for ensuring the confidentiality, authenticity, integrity and privacy of the increasing sensitive information in a digitally connected world. It is a theoretical field that relies on a diverse and wide variety of mathematics. This course includes topics such as encryption, message authentication codes, digital signatures, public key cryptographic systems, key exchange, identification protocols, zero-knowledge proof systems, etc., that are fundamental to secure communications on today’s internet. The goal of this course is to help students develop a solid understanding of the fundamentals of secure communications and cryptography to prevent attacks on information in transit.

Course credits: 3