Introduction to Cryptography

Analytics & Tech
Innovation & Business Improvement

Next Intake: 27 Mar 2025 (Thu)

Basic
SkillsFuture
Short Courses

This module is conducted online.

Next course starts on

27 Mar 2025 (Thu) See Full Schedule

Fee

SGD2,180* (as low as SGD254 after maximum funding) Learn More

Duration

2 days
Weekdays (9am - 5pm)

Level

Basic

Who Should Attend

Business leaders looking to gain a better understanding of cryptography as a technological innovation
Entrepreneurs looking to build technology products in a blockchain-enabled world
Regulators trying to get comfortable with trust created through cryptography

PREREQUISITES

There are no prerequisites for this programme. Prior knowledge on any of the topics is not required.

Overview

Cryptography is part of Computer Science and offers methods for privacy preservation. And privacy is a critical enabler in our times, where economic transactions take place digitally daily. Some estimate the global e-commerce market to be worth USD9 trillion in size. And blockchains worth over USD1 trillion in aggregate aim to become the operating systems for peer-to-peer commerce in the near future.

But how does the underlying technology enable privacy for data storage and transfer work? And can we explain concepts like homomorphic encryption or zero-knowledge proofs in terms that we can all understand conceptually? The course will cover use cases and explore the opportunities and risks in the applications of cryptography.

Learning Objectives

At the end of the 2-day course, participants will be able to:

Learn about the origins of cryptography and become familiar with essential terms and definitions
Discover differences between symmetric and asymmetric cryptography
Understand public/private key cryptography
Be introduced to zero-knowledge proofs and related technology
Understand homomorphic encryption and its applications
Discover the value of multiparty-computation approaches
Explore how cryptography is used in the context of blockchains
Become familiar with the use cases that need cryptography for secure data handling

Assessment

As part of the requirement for SkillsFuture Singapore, there will be an assessment conducted at the end of the course. The mode of assessment, which is up to the trainer’s discretion, may be an online quiz, a presentation or based on classroom exercises.

Participants are required to attain a minimum of 75% attendance and pass the associated assessment in order to receive a digital Certificate of Completion issued by Singapore Management University.

Calculate Programme Fee

Fee Table

COMPANY-SPONSORED

PARTICIPANT PROFILE

SELF-SPONSORED

SME

NON-SME

Singapore Citizen < 40 years old

Permanent Resident

LTVP+

$654

(After SSG Funding 70%)

$254

(After SSG Funding 70%
+ ETSS Funding 20%)

$654

(After SSG Funding 70%)

Singapore Citizen ≥ 40 years old

$254

(After SSG Funding 70%
+ MCES Funding 20%)

$254

(After SSG Funding 70%
+ ETSS Funding 20%)

$254

(After SSG Funding 70%
+ MCES Funding 20%)

International Participant

$2,180

(No Funding)

$2,180

(No Funding)

$2,180

(No Funding)

All prices include 9% GST

Post Secondary Education Account (PSEA)
PSEA can be utilised for subsidised programmes eligible for SkillsFuture Credit support. Click here to find out more.

Self Sponsored

SkillsFuture Credit: Singapore Citizens aged 25 and above may use their SkillsFuture Credits to pay for the course fees. The credits may be used on top of existing course fee funding.

This is only applicable to self-sponsored participants. Application to utilise SkillsFuture Credits can be submitted when making payment for the course via the SMU Academy TMS Portal, and can only be made within 60 days of course start date.

Please click here for more information on the SkillsFuture Credit. For help in submitting an SFC claim, you may wish to refer to our step-by-step guide on claiming SkillsFuture Credits (Individual).
Workfare Skills Support Scheme: From 1 July 2023, the Workfare Skills Support (WSS) scheme has been enhanced. Please click here for more details.

Company Sponsored

Enhanced Training Support for SMEs (ETSS)

Organisation must be registered or incorporated in Singapore
Employment size of not more than 200 or with annual sales turnover of not more than $100 million
Trainees must be hired in accordance with the Employment Act and fully sponsored by their employers for the course
Trainees must be Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents
Trainees must not be a full-time national serviceman
Trainees will be able to enjoy ETSS funding only if the company's SME's status has been approved. To verify your SME's status, please click here.

Please click here for more information on ETSS.

Absentee Payroll