The Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP) certification is an excellent entry point to a career in IT security. To help you prepare for the SSCP exam, instructor Mike Chapple has designed a series of courses covering each domain. In this installment, Mike covers the objectives of Cryptography, the fifth domain, which comprises 9% of the questions on the exam. Topics include encryption, symmetric cryptography, and asymmetric cryptography. Learn about key management, working with digital certificates, and secure transport protocols. Plus, learn how to recognize and defend your organization against the most common types of cryptanalytic attacks: brute force and knowledge-based attacks.