EC-Council Certified Encryption Specialist (ECES)
EC-Council Certified Encryption Specialist (ECES)
Overview
The EC-Council Certified Encryption Specialist (ECES) program introduces professionals and students to the field of cryptography. The participants will learn the foundations of modern symmetric and key cryptography including the details of algorithms such as Feistel Networks, DES, and AES.
Objectives
- Types of Encryption Standards and their differences.
- How to select the best standard for your organization.
- How to enhance your pen-testing knowledge in encryption.
- Correct and incorrect deployment of encryption technologies.
- Common mistakes made in implementing encryption technologies.
- Best practices when implementing encryption technologies.
Audience
Anyone involved in the selection and implementation of VPN’s or digital certificates should attend this course. Without understanding the cryptography at some depth, people are limited to following marketing hype. Understanding the actual cryptography allows you to know which one to select. A person successfully completing this course will be able to select the encryption standard that is most beneficial to their organization and understand how to effectively deploy that technology.
This course is excellent for ethical hackers and penetration testing professionals as most penetration testing courses skip cryptanalysis completely. Many penetration testing professionals testing usually don’t attempt to crack cryptography. Basic knowledge of cryptanalysis is very beneficial to any penetration testing.
Outline
- Gaps in Crypto Knowledge
- What is Cryptography?.
- History of Cryptography.
- Mono-Alphabet Substitution.
- Multi-Alphabet Substitution.
- Homophonic Substitution
- Null Ciphers.
- Book Ciphers.
- Rail Fence Ciphers.
- Vernam Cipher
- The Enigma Machine.
- CrypTool.
- Symmetric Cryptography
- Information Theory
- Kerckhoffs’s Principle
- Substitution
- Transposition
- Binary Math
- Block Cipher vs. Stream Cipher
- Symmetric Block Cipher Algorithms
- Symmetric Algorithm Methods
- Symmetric Stream Ciphers
- Hash Function
- CryptoBench
- Asymmetric Encryption
- Basic Number Facts
- Birthday Theorem
- Random Number Generator
- Diffie-Hellman
- Rivest Shamir Adleman (RSA)
- Menezes–Qu–Vanstone
- MQV
- Digital Signature Algorithm
- Elliptic Curve
- Elgamal
- Cramer – Shoup
- YAK
- Forward Secrecy
- CrypTool
- FIPS Standards
- Digital Signatures
- What is a Digital Certificate?
- Certificate Authority (CA)
- Registration Authority (RA)
- Certificate Authority – Verisign
- Certificate Types
- Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
- Digital Certificate Terminology
- Server-based Certificate Validation Protocol
- Digital Certificate Management
- Trust Models
- Certificates and Web Servers
- Microsoft Certificate Services
- Windows Certificates: certmgr.msc
- Authentication
- Pretty Good Privacy (PGP)
- Wi-Fi Encryption
- SSL
- TLS
- Diagram
- Protocols
- Common SSL/TLS Libraries
- Virtual Private Network (VPN)
- Split Tunneling
- VPN Modes
- Encrypting Files
- BitLocker
- Disk Encryption Software: VeraCrypt
- Common Cryptography Mistakes
- Steganography
- Steganalysis
- Steganography Detection Tools
- National Security Agency and Cryptography
- Unbreakable Encryption
- Blockchain
- Breaking Ciphers
- Cryptanalysis
- Frequency Analysis
- Kasiski
- Cracking Modern Cryptography
- Linear Cryptanalysis
- Differential Cryptanalysis
- Integral Cryptanalysis
- Cryptanalysis Resources
- Cryptanalysis Success
- Rainbow Tables
- Password Cracking
- Quantum Computing and Cryptography
- Timeline
- Issues for QC
- Two Branches
- NIST
- Major Approaches
- Lattice Based Crypto
- Learning with Errors
- GGH
- NTRU
- Overview
Exam Facts
| Delivery | Online (Web based) |
| Format | Multiple choice |
| Proctoring | Live |
| Duration | 2 hours |
| # of questions | 50 |
| Pass grade | 70% |
Related Certification
- Certified Encryption Specialist (ECES)
