COURSE TITLE: Computer Encryption/Decryption LENGTH OF PRESENTATION: Lecture Laboratory Practical Exercise Total 2:00 2:00 2:00 6:00 DESCRIPTION: Advancing computer technology, coupled with a growing user awareness of privacy and security issues, has resulted in the widespread use of program, electronic mail, and data file encryption techniques. Today seemingly all sophisticated applications have their own optional encryption schemes including WordPerfect, Word, Lotus, Excel, and a host of others. The computer investigator can expect to encounter encrypted (unreadable) files when examining seized computer evidence. This course demonstrates software tools which will enable the student to decreypt many different files, and examines features of the most commonly used encryption/decryption tool used today: PGP. http://www.ustreas.gov/fletc/ffi/scers.htm