The course aims to provide an introduction to cryptographic techniques.  The main objective is for students to learn and understand basic algorithms for symmetric and asymmetric cryptography and their mathematical principles, as well as their applications to fundamental security protocols.  A particular emphasize is put on improving their abilities to follow up advancement of cryptographic techniques and security protocols in the future.

For a student to pass the course, at least 30% of the maximum mark for the examination must be obtained.