Target group for the subject package is developers, teachers, technical project managers and individuals, who work with IT projects or software development and want a deeper insight into IT security and to be better grounded in assessing security aspects and risks in existing or planned IT projects.

Knowledge:

The student will acquire knowledge of:

• Effectively securing information by understanding diverse algorithms for both encryption and decryption.
• Applications of data security in real-life scenarios, such as Messaging Apps, Voice over IP, IoT devices, Wireless communication, Financial Transactions, or Cloud data security.
• Comprehensive insights into cryptographic protocols, including their functions, limitations, and the challenges involved in their design.
• Principles behind symmetric-key algorithms (e.g., DES, AES) and asymmetric-key algorithms (e.g., RSA, Elliptic Curve Cryptography, Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange).
• Hash functions and its application in digital signatures, ensuring the credibility and integrity of messages.

The student must also be able to relate critically and reflexively in relation to these theoretical subjects.

Skills:

The student must be able to use theories, methods and models from the above-mentioned areas to identify, analyse, assess and come up with proposals for solving concrete problems in practice.

The student must be able to argue for the relevance of the chosen theories, methods and models as well as for the proposed solution. In addition, the student must be able to reflect on the significance of the context in which the solution is part of. Concretely, it is expected that after completion of the course, the student will be able to:

• Understand the security architecture of system, thereby gaining more visibility to secure the system.
• Select and implement advanced technologies and security applications to integrate encryption and authentication, thereby enhancing the information security with an additional layer of protection.

Applied cryptography

• Wednesday 28 October 2026
• Wednesday 11 November 2026
• Wednesday 25 November 2026
• Exam: Wednesday 9 December 2026

Course provider

Aalborg University

Location

Aalborg University, Department of Electronic Systems
Fredrik Bajers Vej 7, 9220 Aalborg East

Apart from the tuition fee, other expenses should be anticipated for literature, travel expenses, catering and accommodation(if necessary) during seminars.

• Assistant Professor Ashutosh Dhar Dwivedi (Subject Coordinator). Email: addw@es.aau.dk 
  
  

Head of Division

• Heidi Sørensen. Email: hso@es.aau.dk

Contact continuing Education:

• mail: efteruddannelse@aau.dk
• phone: 99 40 94 20