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Here are the topics for the course.

• Security Concepts
• History of Cryptography
• Sets, Permutations, Combinations, & Probability
• Cryptology: Classical Cryptography
• Number Theory
• Modular Arithmetic
• Symmetric Block Ciphers
• Modern Cryptography: Public Key Cryptosystems
• Message Authentication Codes, Hashes & Message Digests
• Authentication
• Standards & Products
• Networks: Hardware, Protocols, Wireless Networks
• Firewalls
• Web Privacy & Security for Users
• Malware
  • The Sony DRM Rootkit Story: http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2005/11/sonys_drm_rootk.html
• Lessons Learned
• Tools