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Modern Cryptography for Cybersecurity Professionals

You're reading from   Modern Cryptography for Cybersecurity Professionals Learn how you can leverage encryption to better secure your organization's data

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838644352
Length 286 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Securing Our Data
2. Chapter 1: Protecting Data in Motion or at Rest FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: The Evolution of Ciphers 4. Chapter 3: Evaluating Network Attacks 5. Section 2: Understanding Cryptographic Techniques
6. Chapter 4: Introducing Symmetric Encryption 7. Chapter 5: Dissecting Asymmetric Encryption 8. Chapter 6: Examining Hash Algorithms 9. Section 3: Applying Cryptography in Today's World
10. Chapter 7: Adhering to Standards 11. Chapter 8: Using a Public Key Infrastructure 12. Chapter 9: Exploring IPsec and TLS 13. Chapter 10: Protecting Cryptographic Techniques 14. Assessments 15. Other Books You May Enjoy

Questions

Now it's time to check your knowledge. Select the best response, then check the answers in the Assessment section at the end of the book:

  1. When generating a hash, we create a message _____, which is used to ensure data integrity.

    a. chain

    b. digest

    c. key

    d. collision

  2. During the digital signature process, the message digest is then encrypted using the sender's private key, which then becomes a(n) _____.

    a. key

    b. collision

    c. smart card

    d. HMAC

  3. Today, there are billions of devices on the Internet of Things (IoT). The data generated by IoT devices is called _____ data.

    a. big

    b. key

    c. Rivest

    d. collision

  4. A hash algorithm should be _____; this means that the algorithm will produce the same hash each and every time the algorithm is run on a given block of data.

    a. ElGamal

    b. round

    c. deterministic

    d. Galois

  5. Ronald _____ designed the aptly named message digest algorithm, which had several versions in the early 1990s.

    a. Rivest

    b. Enigma

    c. ElGamal

    d. Rijndael...

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