Emerging Threats & Countermeasures

Question 1 - Scenario: You are gathering preliminary research of cryptography history to use with a dissertation, you know what means but need a more in-depth grasp of this particular area. Consider the following outline and write a few sentences or more about each one be sure to use in-text citations and references.

History

• Ancient Times
• Middle Ages
• Ciphers in World War I and Encryption Machines
• Encryption in the Internet Era
• Future of Encryption

Concepts

• Kerchoff Principle
• Boolean mathematics
• Split Knowledge
• Codes vs. Ciphers
• Asymmetric Key Algorithms
• Symmetric Cryptography

 2 pages

APA format

Question - 2 Research the following:

• Symmetric key vs. Asymmetric key
• Public vs. Private
• Pre-shared key?

Answer: Which one do you believe is more secure? and why. Are they equally secure? if not explain. Answer should have minimum 250 words.