EC-Council Encryption Specialist Certification Firebrand Training

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Four reasons why you should sit your ECES course with Firebrand Training

You'll be ECES trained and certified faster. Learn more on this 2-day accelerated course. You'll get at least 12 hours a day of quality learning time in a distraction-free environment
Your ECES course is all-inclusive. One simple price covers all course materials, exams, accommodation and meals – so you can focus on learning
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Curriculum

1. Introduction and History of Cryptography

What is Cryptography?
History
Mono-Alphabet Substitution

Caesar Cipher
Atbash Cipher
ROT 13
Scytale
Single Substitution Weaknesses

Multi-Alphabet Substitution

Cipher Disk
Vigenère Cipher

Vigenère Cipher: Example
Breaking the Vigenère Cipher

Playfair
The ADFGVX cipher

Homophonic Substitution
Null Ciphers
Book Ciphers
Rail Fence Ciphers
The Enigma Machine
CrypTool

2. Symmetric Cryptography & Hashes

Symmetric Cryptography
Information Theory

Information Theory Cryptography Concepts

Kerckhoffs's Principle
Substitution
Transposition
Substitution and Transposition
Binary Math

Binary AND
Binary OR
Binary XOR

Block Cipher vs. Stream Cipher
Symmetric Block Cipher Algorithms

Basic Facts of the Feistel Function

The Feistel Function
Unbalanced Feistel Cipher

Data Encryption Standard (DES)
3DES

DESx
Whitening

Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)

AES General Overview
AES Specifics

Blowfish
Serpent
Twofish
Skipjack
International Data Encryption Algorithm (IDEA)
CAST
Tiny Encryption Algorithm (TEA)
SHARK

Symmetric Algorithm Methods

Electronic Codebook (ECB)
Cipher-Block Chaining (CBC)
Propagating Cipher-Block Chaining (PCBC)
Cipher Feedback (CFB)
Output Feedback (OFB)
Counter (CTR)
Initialisation Vector (IV)

Symmetric Stream Ciphers

Example of Symmetric Stream Ciphers: RC4
Example of Symmetric Stream Ciphers: FISH
Example of Symmetric Stream Ciphers: PIKE

Hash Function

Hash - Salt
MD5

The MD5 Algorithm

MD6
Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA)
Fork 256
RIPEMD – 160
GOST
Tiger

CryptoBench

3 Number Theory and Asymmetric Cryptography

Asymmetric Encryption
Basic Number Facts

Prime Numbers
Co-Prime
Eulers Totient
Modulus Operator
Fibonacci Numbers

Birthday Theorem

Birthday Paradox

Birthday Paradox: Probability

Birthday Attack

Random Number Generators

Classification of Random Number Generators
Traits of a Good PRNG
Naor-Reingold and Mersenne Twister Pseudorandom Function
Linear Congruential Generator
Lehmer Random Number Generator
Lagged Fibonacci Generator (LFG)
Blum Blum Shub
Yarrow
Fortuna

Diffie-Hellman
Rivest Shamir Adleman (RSA)

RSA – How it Works
RSA Example

Menezes–Qu–Vanstone
Digital Signature Algorithm

Signing with DSA

Elliptic Curve

Elliptic Curve Variations

Elgamal
CrypTool

4 Applications of Cryptography

Digital Signatures
What is a Digital Certificate?

Digital Certificates

X.509
X.509 Certificates
X.509 Certificate Content
X.509 Certificate File Extensions

Certificate Authority (CA)

Certificate Authority - Verisign

Registration Authority (RA)
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

Password Authentication Protocol (PAP)
Shiva Password Authentication Protocol (S-PAP)
Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP)
Kerberos

Components of Kerberos System
Kerberos Authentication Process

Pretty Good Privacy (PGP)

PGP Certificates

Wifi Encryption

Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
WPA - Wi-Fi Protected Access
WPA2

SSL
TLS
Virtual Private Network (VPN)

Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP)

PPTP VPN

Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol VPN
Internet Protocol Security VPN
SSL/VPN

Encrypting Files

Backing up the EFS key
Restoring the EFS Key

Bitlocker

Bitlocker: Screenshot

Disk Encryption Software: VeraCrypt
Steganography

Steganography Terms
Historical Steganography
Steganography Details
Other Forms of Steganography
How to Embed?
Steganographic File Systems
Steganography Implementations
Demonstration

Steganalysis

Steganalysis – Raw Quick Pair
Steganalysis - Chi-Square Analysis
Steganalysis - Audio Steganalysis

Steganography Detection Tools
National Security Agency and Cryptography

NSA Suite A Encryption Algorithms
NSA Suite B Encryption Algorithms
National Security Agency: Type 1 Algorithms
National Security Agency: Type 2 Algorithms
National Security Agency: Type 3 Algorithms
National Security Agency: Type 4 Algorithms

Unbreakable Encryption

5. Cryptanalysis

Breaking Ciphers
Cryptanalysis
Frequency Analysis
Kasiski
Cracking Modern Cryptography

Cracking Modern Cryptography: Chosen Plaintext Attack
Cracking Modern Cryptography: Ciphertext-only and Related-key Attack

Linear Cryptanalysis
Differential Cryptanalysis
Integral Cryptanalysis
Cryptanalysis Resources
Cryptanalysis Success
Rainbow Tables
Password Cracking
Tools

Exam Track

As part of this accelerated course, you'll sit the following exam at the Firebrand Training centre, covered by your Certification Guarantee:

EC-Council Certified Encryption Specialist (ECES) exam code (212-81)

Exam code: 212-81
Number of questions: 50
Passing score: 70%
Duration: 2 hours
Format: Multiple-choice

What's Included

Your accelerated course includes:

Accommodation *
Meals, unlimited snacks, beverages, tea and coffee *
On-site exams **
Exam vouchers **
Practice tests **
Certification Guarantee ***
Courseware
Up-to 12 hours of instructor-led training each day
24-hour lab access
Digital courseware **

* For residential training only. Accommodation is included from the night before the course starts. This doesn't apply for online courses.
** Some exceptions apply. Please refer to the Exam Track or speak with our experts
*** Pass first time or train again free as many times as it takes, unlimited for 1 year. Just pay for accommodation, exams, and incidental costs.

Prerequisites

There are no formal prerequisites for this accelerated course.

Unsure whether you meet the prerequisites? Don’t worry. Your training consultant will discuss your background with you to understand if this course is right for you.

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Course Dates

Start	Finish	Status	Location
26.8.2024 (Monday)	27.8.2024 (Tuesday)	Finished - Leave feedback	-

10.2.2025 (Monday)	11.2.2025 (Tuesday)	Limited availability	Nationwide
24.3.2025 (Monday)	25.3.2025 (Tuesday)	Open	Nationwide
5.5.2025 (Monday)	6.5.2025 (Tuesday)	Open	Nationwide
16.6.2025 (Monday)	17.6.2025 (Tuesday)	Open	Nationwide

EC-Council - EC-Council Certified Encryption Specialist