2024-2025 Academic Catalog 
    
    Oct 18, 2024  
2024-2025 Academic Catalog

MTH 6290 - Cryptography and Data Security



Credit Hour(s): 3

Course Description: Mathematical principles of cryptography and data security. Preliminary algebra and number theory will be briefly introduced. Various developments in cryptography will then be discussed, including the data encryption standard (DES), public-key encryption (RSA), cryptographic hash functions, digital signatures, key safeguarding schemes, and cryptographic protocols such as key exchange and entity authentication, identification schemes, electronic elections and digital cash.

Prerequisite(s): Undergraduate level MTH 2530 Minimum Grade of D

Enrollment Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following levels: Graduate, Medical, Professional.

Course Level: Graduate
Schedule Type(s): Lecture

Grade Mode: Standard