CISSP® Certification Domain 3: Security Architecture and Engineering Video Boot Camp for 2022 - The history of cryptogra

The video explores the evolution of cryptography, starting with simple methods like the Spartan Sitel and Caesar cipher, advancing to more complex systems such as the Vigenère cipher and cipher disks. It highlights the role of the Enigma machine during WWII and the efforts to break it, including the contributions of Alan Turing. The video also covers one-time pads, their theoretical unbreakability, and historical cryptographic devices like the Jefferson Disc. Finally, it discusses modern encryption, its classification as critical technology, and international export controls like the Wassenaar Agreement.

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