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Syllabus
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Overview 1 min
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Introduction 5 min
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MACsec and MKA Terminology 3 min
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MACsec Topics 14 min
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MKA Topics 20 min
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Key Takeaways 2 min
25051 ETH3: Securing Ethernet with MACsec and MKA (MACsec Key Agreement) (August 2025)
In this class you will learn about the IEEE MACsec and IEEE MKA specifications, including how MACsec provides encryption, decryption, and authentication for Ethernet networks, how the MACsec Key Agreement (MKA) protocol manages key exchange and handshaking, and how these security features are applied and demonstrated in a 10BASE-T1S multi-drop network setup.
This is a recording of the course "25051 ETH3 - Securing Ethernet with MACsec and MKA (MACsec Key Agreement)" from the 2025 MASTERs Conference.
Are you currently using Ethernet and are wondering how to protect your data? If so, you should consider MACsec. In this class you will learn about the IEEE MACsec and IEEE MKA specifications and how they can be applied using a 10BASE-T1S network as an example. The topics will cover how MACsec works, encryption/decryption and authentication, the MACsec Key Agreement (MKA) protocol, key exchange and handshaking. Topics will be reinforced with an instructor led discussion around an in-class demo showcasing MACsec + MKA demo in a 10BASE-T1S Multi-drop setup.
Prerequisites:
A basic understanding of Ethernet and Cryptography is beneficial.
Since this class is pretty much based on the existing MU Course Leveraging MACsec to Secure Automotive Ethernet 10BASE-T1S Communications we copied over the content of this class