Course Overview

Models for security analysis;
The need for cryptographic primitives and protocols;
Symmetric cryptosystems: design, make-up, analysis;
Other symmetric protocols and algorithms;
Arithmetic for asymmetric cryptography;
Examples of asymmetric cryptosystems;
Implementation of cryptographic primitives

Learning Achievement

Competence

After the course, the student should be able to:
analyze the security needs of a communication and/or computation system at an algorithmic/informational level;
grasp the design principles of cryptographic primitives;
implement a cryptographic primitive in hardware knowing its specification.

Course prerequisites

Hardware design courses: digital design, FPGA, VHDL or Verilog

Grading Philosophy

E1: result of end-term written exam (90 min);
E2: individual oral examination (30 min);
CC: semester-long assessment

Course schedule

Course type

Lecture

Online Course Requirement

Instructor

Yann KIEFFER

Other information

Course content can evolve at any time before the start of the course. It is strongly recommended to discuss with the course contact about the detailed program.

Please consider the following deadlines for inbound mobility to Grenoble:
- April 1st, 2020 for Full Year (September to June) and Fall Semester (September to January) intake ;
- September 1st, 2020 for Spring Semester intake (February – June).

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