What you need to know

- [Instructor] This course is targeted to anyone who's new to cryptography and has a desire to learn about the topic. Participants should have a general knowledge on IT concepts. It would help if you've heard of terms such as encryption and cipher text, but it's not necessary. Throughout this course, you're going to run into several videos labeled challenges. Challenges are hands-on opportunities for you to practice and master what you've learned throughout the course. At the beginning of each challenge, I'll give you a set of objectives. If there are any sample files or webpages, I'll show you where to find those. And I'll also give you a rough estimate of how long each challenge took me to complete. Once you've completed the challenge, come back and watch the solution video. In that video, I'll show you how I completed the challenge and give you some insight on my thought process along the way. In addition, I've included a list of hyperlinks for you to download and follow along as you go through the course.