Classical cryptosystems

1. Introduction, Affine ciphers, Shift ciphers, Block ciphers 

Advanced Encryption Standard 

1. The overall structure of the AES

 Hash functions and Message Authentication Codes

1. Different ways to use hashing for message authentication

2. Cryptographically secure hash functions

3. Hash functions for computing Message Authentication Codes

 Public key cryptography

Discrete Log Problem

1. Introduction to the discrete log problem

2. The Massey-Omura cryptosystem for message transmission

3. The ElGamal cryptosystem

RSA

1. Encrypting via RSA, Encrypting function

2. How good is RSA?

 ECC: Elliptic Curve Cryptography

1. Introduction to elliptic curves, Elliptic curves over finite fields

2. ECC

Hyperelliptic Curve Cryptography

Quantum computers and their impact on cryptography

Protocols and Theory

1. E-Cash,  

2. Auctions,  

3. Electronic Voting,  

4. Nonrepudiation,  

5. Fair Exchange,  

6. Broadcast and Content Distribution, 

Systems, Device, Banking, and Commerce

1. Micropayment Systems,  

2. Digital Rights Management,  

3. Trusted Computing,  

4. Hardware Security Modules,  

5. Portfolio Trading,  

Risk, Threats, Countermeasures, and Trust

1. Phishing,  

2. Anonymity and Privacy,  

3. Digital Watermarking, 

4. Identity Management,  

5. Public Key Infrastructure,  

Perspectives

1. Human Factors,  

2. Legal Issues,  

3. Regulatory Compliance