EC-Council CAST® — Cryptography Deep Dive®

The EC-Council Centre of Advanced Security Training has arrived at Firebrand Training. This three-day Cryptography Deep Dive course is an in-depth look at the field of cryptography. All modern security depends on cryptography; from using SSL to secure bank transactions, to encrypting e-commerce purchases.

You will learn about:

• Number theory and discrete mathematics
• Symmetric algorithms
• Asymmetric algorithms
• Cryptanalysis
• Steganography
• The history of cryptography
• Latest and key cryptographic methods
• Hashing and digital certificates
• Better encryption and decryption
• The fundamentals of L0phtCrack and Brute-force tools
• Both manual and computerised cryptanalysis tools

Note: this course doesn't include an exam, but you'll become Cryptography Deep Dive certified.

9x Accredited Training Centre of the Year

Firebrand Training has again won the EC-Council Accredited Training Centre of the Year Award, from a Training Partner network that has more than 700 training centres across 107 countries. This extends a record-breaking run of successive awards to nine years.

Jay Bavisi, President of EC-Council said: “The annual EC-Council Awards highlights the commitment and achievements of our global partners and trainers that have contributed to the information security community.”

Module 1: History and Introduction

• Atbash cipher
• Caesar Cipher
• Rot 13
• Cipher Wheel
• Vigenere Cipher
• Enigma Machine
• Kerkchoff‚Äôs Principle
• Overview of modern cryptographic approaches

Module 2: Number Theory and Discrete Mathematics

• Information Theory
  • Diffusion
  • Confusion
  • Avalanche
• Prime Numbers
  • Generating Prime Numbers
  • Euler‚Äôs Totient
• Mod operations
• Fibonacci Numbers
• Random and Pseudo Random Numbers
• Pseudo-Hadamard transform

Module 3: Symmetric Algorithms

• Block v Stream Ciphers
• DES
• 3DES
• AES
• Blowfish
• Twofish
• Skipjack
• RC4
• Hashing
  • MD5 and MD6
  • SHA1 ‚Äì SHA 512
  • Fork 256
  • RIPEMD-160
  • Gost (note this is used by the Russian military so is of interest to DoD).
  • Tiger
• Symmetric Algorithm Methods
  • Electronic codebook (ECB)
  • Initialization vector (IV)
  • Cipher-block chaining (CBC)
  • Propagating cipher-block chaining (PCBC)
  • Cipher feedback (CFB)
  • Output feedback (OFB)
  • Counter (CTR)

Tools used in this section:

• CryptoBench
• CryptTool 2.0

Module 4: Asymmetric Algorithms

• RSA
• Elliptic Curve
• El Gamal
• DSA
• Digital Signatures and Certificates

Module 5: Cryptanalysis

• Chosen ciphertext only
• Chosen plain text
• Ciphertext only
• Kasiski Examination
• Differential Cryptanalysis
• Linear Cryptanalysis
• Integral Cryptanalysis
• Mod ‚Äìn cryptanalysis
• Brute Force

Tools used in this lesson:

• L0phtCrack
• Brutus

Module 6: Steganography

• Historical
• Image
• Video
• Audio
• Steganalysis

Tools used in this lesson:

• Invisible Secrets 2.1
• MP3 Stego

Module 7: Additional Topics

• Quantum Cryptography
  • Quantum Key Distribution (QKD)
• Multikey cryptographic methods
• Wireless
  • WEP
  • WPA
  • WPA2
• SSL/TLS
• PKI

You should be familiar with IT security best practices, the basics of TCP/IP networking, and basic programming concepts. You should also be familiar with Metasploit and VMware.

Knowledge of programming languages isn't necessary, but it is beneficial if you have exposure to a common programming or scripting language such as Python, Perl, Ruby, C, C++, or Assembly. A programming background is not required, but you will be writing lots of code in class.