← Back to the reading view
Slides · 5 slides
Key sizes & security levels: what the numbers mean
The same module told visually, ready to present. Speaker notes carry the full explanation.
Foundations
Key sizes & security levels
128-bit AES, 3072-bit RSA, 256-bit ECC: three very different numbers for the same strength
Key sizes & security levels: what the numbers mean · Classical Crypto Today1 / 5
The unit
Bits of security, not bits of key
Key sizes & security levels: what the numbers mean · Classical Crypto Today2 / 5
NIST SP 800-57
A rough equivalence table
Key sizes & security levels: what the numbers mean · Classical Crypto Today3 / 5
Why they differ
Each family falls to a different attack
Key sizes & security levels: what the numbers mean · Classical Crypto Today4 / 5
Quantum
Why this table breaks under quantum attack
Key sizes & security levels: what the numbers mean · Classical Crypto Today5 / 5
1 / 5
Keys: ← → move, F full screen, G all slides, N notes