CISSP Essentials training: Domain 3, Cryptography DATE: 27 Mar 2009
This lesson in our free CISSP certification training guide covers the history of cryptography and how to apply technologies and concepts to protect enterprise data.
Cryptography -- essentially defined as the transformation of clear text into an unreadable form -- is the method used to store and transmit messages safely so that only the intended recipient can read them.
In this CISSP Essentials Security School lesson, Domain 3, Cryptography, featuring noted CISSP certification trainer Shon Harris, learn how cryptography, its components, methods and uses are employed in the enterprise to store and transmit messages safely.
About Shon Harris: Shon Harris is a CISSP, MCSE and President of Logical Security, a firm specializing in security educational and training tools. Logical Security offers curriculum, virtual labs, instructor slides and tools for lease by training companies, security companies, military organizations, government sectors and corporations.
Shon is also a security consultant, an engineer in the Air Force's Information Warfare unit, an entrepreneur and an author. She has authored two best selling CISSP books, including CISSP All-in-One Exam Guide, and was a contributing author to the book Hacker's Challenge. Shon is currently finishing her newest book, Gray Hat Hacking: The Ethical Hacker's Handbook.
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