What is an EC-Council Certified Encryption Specialist (ECES)?

What is an Encryption Specialist?

The EC-Council Certified Encryption Specialist (ECES) program introduces professionals and students to the field of cryptography. The participants will learn the foundations of modern symmetric and key cryptography including the details of algorithms such as Feistel Networks, DES, and AES. Other topics introduced:

Overview of other algorithms such as Blowfish, Twofish, and Skipjack

Hashing algorithms including MD5, MD6, SHA, Gost, RIPMD 256 and others.

Asymmetric cryptography including thorough descriptions of RSA, Elgamal, Elliptic Curve, and DSA.

Significant concepts such as diffusion, confusion, and Kerkchoff’s principle.

Certification Target Audience

This course is excellent for ethical hackers and penetration testing professionals as most penetration testing courses skip cryptanalysis completely. Many penetration testing professionals testing usually don’t attempt to crack cryptography. A basic knowledge of cryptanalysis is very beneficial to any penetration testing.

Exam Information

ECES exam is available at the ECC Exam Center.

EC-Council reserves the right to revoke the certification status of candidates that do not comply with all EC-Council examination policies found here.

ECES Exam Details
Duration	2 Hours
Questions	50

Clause: Age Requirements and Policies Concerning Minors

The age requirement for attending the training or attempting the exam is restricted to any candidate that is at least 18 years old.

If the candidate is under the age of 18, they are not eligible to attend the official training or eligible to attempt the certification exam unless they provide the accredited training center/EC-Council a written consent of their parent/legal guardian and a supporting letter from their institution of higher learning. Only applicants from nationally accredited institution of higher learning shall be considered.

Source: cert.eccouncil.org