Cryptography Courses

Tel Aviv University

Unlocking Information Security I: From Cryptography to Buffer Overflows

252 reviews

Learn how systems are hacked and defended.

• edX
• 4-6 hours a week, 5 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Cryptography I

53 reviews

Cryptography is an indispensable tool for protecting information in computer systems. In this course you will learn the inner workings of cryptographic systems and how to correctly use them in real-world applications.

• Coursera
• 23 hours worth of material, 7 weeks long
• 27th Sep, 2021
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Tel Aviv University

Unlocking Information Security II: An Internet Perspective

47 reviews

Continue learning how systems are hacked and defended.

• edX
• 4-6 hours a week, 7 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Princeton University

Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies

27 reviews

After this course, you’ll know everything you need to be able to separate fact from fiction when reading claims about Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. You’ll have the conceptual foundations you need to engineer secure software that interacts with the…

• Coursera
• 23 hours worth of material, 11 weeks long
• 27th Sep, 2021
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Cryptography

8 reviews

Welcome to Cryptography! Cryptography is the practice and study of techniques for securing communications in the presence of third parties. You will learn how to protect information in order to ensure its integrity, confidentiality, authenticity, and non…

• Coursera
• 17 hours worth of material, 7 weeks long
• 27th Sep, 2021
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Cryptography and Hashing Overview

Continue learning about blockchain technology by diving into the nature of ownership and how the blockchain is one way to approach decentralized transaction handling. This course also demystifies cryptography and hashing, which are critical for authentic…

• Coursera
• 9 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 20th Sep, 2021
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Cryptocurrency Engineering and Design (Spring 2018)

Course FeaturesVideo lecturesCaptions/transcriptLecture notesAssignments: problem sets (no solutions)Course DescriptionBitcoin and other cryptographic currencies have gained attention over the years as the systems continue to evolve. This course looks a…

• MIT OpenCourseWare
• 25 hours worth of material
• Self paced
• Free Online Course

University of California, San Diego ;  Higher School of Economics

Number Theory and Cryptography

We all learn numbers from the childhood. Some of us like to count, others hate it, but any person uses numbers everyday to buy things, pay for services, estimated time and necessary resources. People have been wondering about numbers’ properties for thou…

• Coursera
• 18 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 20th Sep, 2021
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Cryptography and Information Theory

Welcome to Cryptography and Information Theory! This course combines cryptography (the techniques for protecting information from unauthorized access) and information theory (the study of information coding and transfer). More specifically, the course…

• Coursera
• 7 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 20th Sep, 2021
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Mathematical Foundations for Cryptography

Welcome to Course 2 of Introduction to Applied Cryptography. In this course, you will be introduced to basic mathematical principles and functions that form the foundation for cryptographic and cryptanalysis methods. These principles and functions will b…

• Coursera
• 14 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 20th Sep, 2021
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Classical Cryptosystems and Core Concepts

Welcome to Introduction to Applied Cryptography. Cryptography is an essential component of cybersecurity. The need to protect sensitive information and ensure the integrity of industrial control processes has placed a premium on cybersecurity skills in…

• Coursera
• 12 hours worth of material, 3 weeks long
• 20th Sep, 2021
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Basic Cryptography and Programming with Crypto API

In this MOOC, we will learn the basic concepts and principles of crytography, apply basic cryptoanalysis to decrypt messages encrypted with mono-alphabetic substitution cipher, and discuss the strongest encryption technique of the one-time-pad and relate…

• Coursera
• 15 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 20th Sep, 2021
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Symmetric Cryptography

Welcome to Symmetric Cryptography! Symmetric cryptography relies on shared secret key to ensure message confidentiality, so that the unauthorized attackers cannot retrieve the message. The course describes substitution and transposition techniques, whi…

• Coursera
• 12 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 20th Sep, 2021
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Asymmetric Cryptography and Key Management

Welcome to Asymmetric Cryptography and Key Management! In asymmetric cryptography or public-key cryptography, the sender and the receiver use a pair of public-private keys, as opposed to the same symmetric key, and therefore their cryptographic operati…

• Coursera
• 8 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 20th Sep, 2021
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Cryptographic Hash and Integrity Protection

Welcome to Cryptographic Hash and Integrity Protection! This course reviews cryptographic hash functions in general and their use in the forms of hash chain and hash tree (Merkle tree). Building on hash functions, the course describes message authentic…

• Coursera
• 8 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 20th Sep, 2021
• Free Online Course (Audit)