The Nuts & Bolts of Cryptography & Everyday Cybersecurity

The online world has become an extension of our daily lives, and we live digitally all day, every day. The security that underpins the virtual world deals with an interesting field: Cryptography. Do you know what cryptographic hashes are? And fun fact: Salt isn't just used in cooking, but in cybersecurity too! The talk will cover these, and more: we will start with an overview of how we use cryptography over the Internet and the technical concepts that make it run. Learn about asymmetric and symmetric keys, the principle behind common algorithms used in encryption (such as Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange and the RSA algorithm), and how certificates and cryptographic checksums (like the SHA-256) can be used. It will start with the fundamentals, and move to concepts such as the Public Key Infrastructure---explained simply! Rajvi Khanjan-Shroff, Founder of Project Cyber