Introduction to the world of Cryptography - BCS Northampton

Presenter: Sarith Chandra MBCS CISSP Security+ MSc(Info Sec) MSc(Eng) BEng(IT)

26th January 2012

Time: Evening session for 2 hrs - 18:30 registration, 19:00 start, 20:30 end, 20:30 - 21:00 Q&A + Networking session
Location: Room NW205 in The Newton Building, Avenue Campus, University Of Northampton, NN2 6JD

Objectives:
- Introduce Cryptography for Beginners
- Refresh some Crypto concepts for Experts
- Learn some Best practices
- Interactive session with "Crack some code" examples

Target Audience: Students, Fresh graduates, IT professionals, Developers/DBAs and anyone with general interest in Cryptography. All welcome.

Detail:
- Cryptology
- Cipher Exercise
- Cryptography
- Cryptanalysis
- Some Best Practices
- Database Encryption
- Crypto Challenge (competition)

Pre-requisites:
- You need to only have general awareness of IT and Computer Security concepts
- Willingness to learn about this field and its concepts
- This session does not delve into the mathematics of cryptography and is suitable for absolute beginners
- If you like solving puzzles then you might enjoy some of the exercises during the interactive session


For further queries please contact - csarith@bcs.org

• Newton Building, University of Northampton