Primary
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Fipsp: Authentication Technology Alternatives

For Students 9th - 10th
These guidelines describes the primary alternative methods for verifying the identities of computer system users, and provides recommendations toFederal agencies and departments for the acquisition and use of technology which supports...
Lesson Plan
University of Canterbury

University of Canterbury: Cs Unplugged: Dominating Sets

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
This activity explores the dominating set problem, and sets it up as the basis for a the public key encryption activity.
Lesson Plan
University of Canterbury

University of Canterbury: Cs Unplugged: Public Key Encryption

For Teachers 4th - 8th
This student activity about public key encryption allows learners to simulate encrypt and decrpyt messages without having to share a password to unlock them.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Google for Education: Children and Technology: Privacy and Encryption

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Young scholars simulate sending a secret message to a friend via the internet, attempting to deliver the message safely and securely.
Article
Other

How Encryption Works and How It Will Change Your Business

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough discussion of the business and professional uses of encryption.
Primary
Other

Gilc: Cryptography and Liberty

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Global Internet Liberty Campaign reports on a 1998 survey conducted by the Electronic Privacy Information Center which asked world nations about their encryption policies. The survey got results from over 75 nations,...
Article
Other

Um: The Battle Over Cryptographic Key "Escrow"

For Students 9th - 10th
This article describes the legal and technical issues involved in cryptography. It also discusses government proposals concerning the clipper chip.
Primary
American Rhetoric

American Rhetoric: Arthur W. Coviello: Rsa Conference Keynote Address

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text and video of Arthur W. Coviello's keynote speech at the RSA Conference delivered on February 25, 2014, in San Francisco, California.
Primary
American Rhetoric

American Rhetoric: Ashton Carter: Drell Lecture on Innovation and Cybersecurity

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text, audio, and video [40:52] of Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter's Drell Lecture on innovation and cybersecurity delivered on April 23, 2015, at Stanford University, in Palo Alto, California.
eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Public Key Encryption

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how public key encryption can protect computer data.
eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Symmetric Encryption Techniques

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how symmetric encryption techniques help protect computer data.
eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Encryption, Decryption, and Cracking

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about data encryption, decryption and cracking computer data to avoid virsus and cyberattacks.
eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Need for Encryption

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out why we need to encrypt computer data to avoid hackers.
eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Public Key Encryption

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how public key encryption can send that data safely between computer systems.
eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Need for Encryption

For Students 9th - 10th
A huge amount of private data is sent around the Internet every day: emails with details about our personal lives, passwords that we type into login screens, tax documents that we upload to servers. Learn more about the need for data...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Crypto Checkpoint 1

For Students 9th - 10th
Test to see if you successfully decrypted clues.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Congruence Relation

For Students 9th - 10th
A quick comprehension check over congruence relation.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Crypto Checkpoint 3

For Students 9th - 10th
A quick check to practice decrypting messages.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Crypto Checkpoint 2

For Students 9th - 10th
Test if you decrypted the secret code.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Modular Multiplication

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice problems over modular multiplication in cryptography.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Modular Addition

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice problems for reviewing modular addition in cryptography.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Modulo Operator

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice using the modulo operator.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Public Key Encryption

For Students 9th - 10th
Check your understanding of cryptography and public key encryption.
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: What Is Modular Arithmetic?

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out the basics of modular arithmetic.