024. Cambridge IGCSE Topic 2.3 Symmetric and asymmetric encryption


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CAMBRIDGE 0478 & 0984 Specification Reference
Section 2.3 - 1 & 2

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00:00 Symmetric and asymmetric encryption
00:09 Intro
00:14 What is encryption?
00:43 Simple encryption using the Caesar cipher
01:17 Symmetric encryption
02:07 Asymmetric encryption
06:49 Summary
06:55 Going beyond the IGCSE specifications
07:09 How easy is it to crack an encryption key?
08:25 Outro

Last updated: 04.09.25