3 Discussions

Discussion 2 – Emerging Threat & counter Measures

Malicious individuals have discovered several methods to attack and defeat cryptosystems. It's important that understand the threats posed by cryptographic attacks to minimize the risks to your network systems.

Identify one cryptographic attack and how you can protect against it. 

At least one scholarly source should be used in the initial discussion thread. Be sure to use information from your readings and other sources from the UC Library. Use proper citations and references in your post.

350-400 Words

Readings

BURKE, MCDONALD, J., & AUSTIN, T. (2000).  Architectural support for fast symmetric-key cryptography. Operating Systems Review, 34(5), 178–189. Diffie, & Hellman, M. (1976).  New directions in cryptography. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 22(6), 644–654.