A cryptography course for non-mathematicians

Authors:
Rich Schlesinger
Affiliations:
Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw GA
Venue:
Proceedings of the 1st annual conference on Information security curriculum development
Year:
2004

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Abstract

Traditionally, courses in cryptography have been heavily mathematical in nature. Yet, there is a large population of Information Systems practitioners who are not mathematicians, but who need to implement cryptography as a part of an overall system that they are developing. These people need a thorough understanding of the characteristics of good cryptographic communication protocols. Without this level of understanding, numerous cryptosystems have been deployed that use proper encryption algorithms (e.g. DES, RC4), yet had significant flaws. This paper describes an attempt to structure a cryptography course for IS practitioners.