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Kevin Matthews, James Shuttleworth, Dominique D, Serena Turton, Derrick Newton, Fadzayi Guri, Antal Goldschmidt, Natasha Macmanard, Martyn Clayden, Ana Karnesova, Parminder Kaur, Matt Compton, and Melissa B.

Topics Covered

  • The mathematical concepts underpinning cryptography
  • Classical cryptography and historical ciphers
  • The basics of cryptanalysis
  • Random number generation
  • Hashing

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