212-81: EC-Council Certified Encryption Specialist (ECES)

212-81: EC-Council Certified Encryption Specialist (ECES)

Exam Name: EC-Council Certified Encryption Specialist (ECES)

Exam Code: 212-81

The EC-Council Certified Encryption Specialist (E|CES) 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.

EC-Council Encryption Specialist Exam Summary:


Exam Name
EC-Council Certified Encryption Specialist (ECES)
Exam Code  
212-81
Exam Price  
$250 (USD)
Duration 
120 mins 
Number of Questions  
50
Passing Score  
70% 
Books / Training  
Sample Questions  
Practice Exam  

EC-Council 212-81 Exam Syllabus Topics:


Topic Details 
Introduction and History of Cryptography

- What is Cryptography?
- History of Cryptography
- Mono-Alphabet Substitution

◉ Caesar Cipher
◉ Atbash Cipher
◉ Affine Cipher
◉ ROT13 Cipher
◉ Scytale
◉ Single Substitution Weaknesses

- Multi-Alphabet Substitution

◉ Cipher Disk
◉ Vigenère Cipher
- Vigenère Cipher: Example
- Breaking the Vigenère Cipher
◉ Playfair Cipher
◉ ADFGVX Cipher

- Homophonic Substitution
- Null Ciphers
- Book Ciphers
- Rail Fence Ciphers
- The Enigma Machine
- CrypTool

Symmetric Cryptography and Hashes

- Symmetric Cryptography
- Information Theory

◉ Information Theory Cryptography Concepts

- Kerckhoffs’s Principle
- Substitution
- Transposition
- Binary Math

◉ Binary AND
◉ Binary OR
◉ Binary XOR

- Block Cipher vs. Stream Cipher
- Symmetric Block Cipher Algorithms

◉ Basic Facts of the Feistel Function
- The Feistel Function
- Unbalanced Feistel Cipher
◉ Data Encryption Standard (DES)
◉ 3DES
- DESX
- Whitening
◉ Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)
- AES General Overview
- AES Specifics
◉ Blowfish
◉ Serpent
◉ Twofish
◉ Skipjack
◉ International Data Encryption Algorithm (IDEA)
◉ CAST
◉ Tiny Encryption Algorithm (TEA)
◉ SHARK

- Symmetric Algorithm Methods

◉ Electronic Codebook (ECB)
◉ Cipher-Block Chaining (CBC)
◉ Propagating Cipher-Block Chaining (PCBC)
◉ Cipher Feedback (CFB)
◉ Output Feedback (OFB)
◉ Counter (CTR)
◉ Initialization Vector (IV)

- Symmetric Stream Ciphers

◉ Example of Symmetric Stream Ciphers: RC4
◉ Example of Symmetric Stream Ciphers: FISH
◉ Example of Symmetric Stream Ciphers: PIKE

- Hash Function

◉ Hash - Salt
◉ MD5
- The MD5 Algorithm
◉ MD6
◉ Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA)
◉ FORK-256
◉ RIPEMD-160
◉ GOST
◉ Tiger
◉ MAC and HMAC

- CryptoBench

Number Theory and Asymmetric Cryptography

- Asymmetric Encryption
- Basic Number Facts

◉ Prime Numbers
◉ Co-Prime Numbers
◉ Euler's Totient
◉ Modulus Operator
◉ Fibonacci Numbers

- Birthday Theorem

◉ Birthday Paradox
- Birthday Paradox: Probability
◉ Birthday Attack

- Random Number Generator

◉ Classification of Random Number Generator
◉ Traits of a Good PRNG
◉ Naor-Reingold and Mersenne Twister Pseudorandom Function
◉ Linear Congruential Generator
◉ Lehmer Random Number Generator
◉ Lagged Fibonacci Generator (LFG)
◉ Blum Blum Shub
◉ Yarrow
◉ Fortuna

- Diffie-Hellman
- Rivest Shamir Adleman (RSA)

◉ RSA - How it Works
◉ RSA Example

- Menezes-Qu-Vanstone
- Digital Signature Algorithm

◉ Signing with DSA

- Elliptic Curve

◉ Elliptic Curve Variations

- Elgamal
- CrypTool

Applications of Cryptography

- FIPS Standards
- Digital Signatures
- What is a Digital Certificate?

◉ Digital Certificates
- X.509
- X.509 Certificates
- X.509 Certificate Content
- X.509 Certificate File Extensions

- Certificate Authority (CA)

◉ Certificate Authority - Verisign

- Registration Authority (RA)
- Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
- Digital Certificate Terminology
- Server-based Certificate Validation Protocol
- Digital Certificate Management
- Trust Models
- Certificates and Web Servers
- Microsoft Certificate Services
- Windows Certificates: certmgr.msc
- Authentication

◉ Password Authentication Protocol (PAP)
◉ Shiva Password Authentication Protocol (S-PAP)
◉ Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP)
◉ Kerberos
- Components of Kerberos System
- Kerberos Authentication Process

- Pretty Good Privacy (PGP)

◉ PGP Certificates

- Wi-Fi Encryption

◉ Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
◉ WPA Wi-Fi Protected Access
◉ WPA2

- SSL
- TLS
- Virtual Private Network (VPN)

◉ Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP)
- PPTP VPN
◉ Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol VPN
◉ Internet Protocol Security VPN
◉ SSL/TLS VPN

- Encrypting Files

◉ Backing up the EFS key
◉ Restoring the EFS Key

- BitLocker

◉ BitLocker: Screenshot

- Disk Encryption Software: VeraCrypt
- Common Cryptography Mistakes
- Steganography

◉ Steganography Terms
◉ Historical Steganography
◉ Steganography Details
◉ Other Forms of Steganography
◉ How to Embed?
◉ Steganographic File Systems
◉ Steganography Implementations
◉ Demonstration

- Steganalysis

◉ Steganalysis - Raw Quick Pair
◉ Steganalysis - Chi-Square Analysis
◉ Steganalysis - Audio Steganalysis

- Steganography Detection Tools

- National Security Agency and Cryptography

◉ NSA Suite A Encryption Algorithms
◉ NSA Suite B Encryption Algorithms
◉ National Security Agency: Type 1 Algorithms
◉ National Security Agency: Type 2 Algorithms
◉ National Security Agency: Type 3 Algorithms
◉ National Security Agency: Type 4 Algorithms

- Unbreakable Encryption

Cryptanalysis

- Breaking Ciphers
- Cryptanalysis
- Frequency Analysis
- Kasiski
- Cracking Modern Cryptography

◉ Cracking Modern Cryptography: Chosen Plaintext Attack
◉ Cracking Modern Cryptography: Ciphertext-only and Related-key Attack

- Linear Cryptanalysis
- Differential Cryptanalysis
- Integral Cryptanalysis
- Cryptanalysis Resources
- Cryptanalysis Success
- Rainbow Tables
- Password Cracking
- Tools

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