In this lesson, students will review the Caesar cipher and history of cryptography until the present day to bridge to the current topic of advanced cryptography. They will examine a high-level view of “hard” vs. “easy” problems. Symmetric vs. asymmetric encryption and public-key encryption will be emphasized.
Students will be able to:
Identify the problems with symmetric key encryption and why modern cryptography involves more complex mathematics
Explain the difference between symmetric and asymmetric encryption
These are all the activities included in the lesson
