content firstHeading ESC 2017 /firstHeading bodyContent tagline From ESC2017 /tagline subtitle (Redirected from Main Page ) /subtitle jumpto Jump to: navigation , search /jumpto bodycontent Kikuoka hotel Early Symmetric Crypto (ESC) 16-20 January 2017 in Canach, Luxembourg Early Symmetric Cryptography (ESC) is a bi-annual event ( 2008 , 2010 , 2013 , 2015 ) taking place in Luxembourg and paired with Dagstuhl seminars ( 2007 , 2009 , 2012 , 2014 , 2016 ) on symmetric cryptography. Cryptography deals with secure communication in adversarial environments as well as protecting information in storage. It is the key ingredient of information security. Applications such as electronic commerce, e-banking, secure communications (ex. mobile phones, Skype, etc.) are made possible due to advances in applied cryptography. The seminar is concentrating on: symmetric...