EC-Council Certified Encryption Specialist® (ECES®)

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

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

There are no formal prerequisites for this accelerated course.

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 to online courses.
** Some exceptions apply. Please refer to the Exam Track or speak with our experts.
*** Pass the first time or train again for free as many times as it takes, unlimited for 1 year. Just pay for accommodation, exams, and incidental costs.

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*For residential training only. Doesn't apply for online courses
**Some exceptions apply. Please refer to the Exam Track or speak with our experts

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