Cryptography:

Securing the Information Age

Presented by:
Aniruddha Sanyal
 What we will cover

• Definitions
• Why cryptography is important?
• Available technologies
• Benefits & problems
• Future of cryptography
 Types of secret writing
. Secret writing

Steganography Cryptography

Substitution Transposition

Code

Cipher
 Steganography

The practice of hiding messages, so that the presence of the

message itself is hidden, often by writing them in places where
they may not be found; Specifically: the use of small files in
computers to communicate secret information
 Jargons
• Cryptography
• Encryption
Plain text  Cipher text
• Decryption
Cipher text  Plain text
• Cryptanalysis
• Cryptology
Encryption & Decryption
 Why do we need cryptography?

• Defending against external/internal hackers

• Defending against industrial espionage
• Securing E-commerce
• Securing bank accounts/electronic transfers
• Securing intellectual property
• Avoiding liability
 Public Key Cryptography
The study and application of asymmetric encryption systems,
which use one key for encryption and another for decryption. A
corresponding pair of such keys constitutes a key pair. Also called
Asymmetric Cryptography.
 Need for public key encryption

• Need for digital signature

• The Key distribution problem
• Authentication Problem