Cryptography Timeline

Cryptography has been around for over a thousand years. Throughout these years, technology and time have impacted the importance of protection through cryptography.

Develop a high-level timeline that identifies 15 important events in cryptography over the past 2,000 years.

The timeline should be in chronological order and include the major milestones focused on ancient versus modern cryptographic systems and techniques.

Include the following in each milestone: 

• Date of the event (specific date of event, when possible)
• Who or what triggered the event 
• Who was impacted by the event 

The student may use any tool, such as Microsoft® Word, Publisher, or PowerPoint®, and sites such as ReadWriteThink, Timeline JS, or timetoast, etc., to develop the timeline. The timeline must include at least 15 events over the past 2,000 years.