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Modern Cryptography: The Practical Guide to Securing Data
Security professionals, you know encryption is essential to protect your data. In this book, learn about the fundamental concepts of cryptography—and then apply them! Explore algorithms for symmetric and asymmetric cryptography and see how to use encryption strategies to enforce storage and network security. Put modern cryptography principles to work in real-world cloud environments, cryptocurrency, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and more. Build the cryptography skills you need to manage today’s security threats!Use symmetric and asymmetric cryptography to protect your dataWork with hash functions, digital signatures, MAC, PKI, and encryption key managementLearn about homomorphic encryption, post-quantum encryption, cloud encryption, and other applications of modern cryptographyCryptography Concepts
Master the theory behind cryptography. Walk through the principles, methods, and algorithms that are used to protect your data. Ensure data confidentiality, integrity, and authenticity using techniques such as hash functions, digital signatures, and MAC.
Practical Applications
Learn about modern cryptography in practice. From managing encryption keys in the cloud, to securing AI systems and machine learning models, to developing quantum-resistant cryptography algorithms, see how cryptography is used to protect data.
Expert Tips, Examples, and Best Practices
Unravel cryptography topics with guidance from an experienced security professional. Practical demonstrations, detailed formulas, and tips and tricks will help you navigate the complex world of data encryption.
Master the theory behind cryptography. Walk through the principles, methods, and algorithms that are used to protect your data. Ensure data confidentiality, integrity, and authenticity using techniques such as hash functions, digital signatures, and MAC.
Practical Applications
Learn about modern cryptography in practice. From managing encryption keys in the cloud, to securing AI systems and machine learning models, to developing quantum-resistant cryptography algorithms, see how cryptography is used to protect data.
Expert Tips, Examples, and Best Practices
Unravel cryptography topics with guidance from an experienced security professional. Practical demonstrations, detailed formulas, and tips and tricks will help you navigate the complex world of data encryption.
325 pages, Paperback
Published September 26, 2024
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January 3, 2025
“Cryptography is the backbone of security in our digital world, and it continues to grow in importance as services, capabilities, and our lives become ever more digital,” writes noted cryptographer Taher Elgamal in the foreword to Modern Cryptography: The Practical Guide .
For many people, just hearing the term cryptography is enough to give them palpitations. In fact, so many people were failing the cryptography domain of the CISSP Common Body of Knowledge (CBK) exam that ISC2 removed it completely.
While there used to be 10 CBK domains, a few years back, ISC2 removed it entirely and subsumed cryptography in the Security Architecture and Engineering domain.
In Modern Cryptography: The Practical Guide, author Sandip Dholakia has written an up-to-date technical guide that gives the reader a comprehensive overview of all of cryptography's core areas.
While many aspects of cryptography involve extremely advanced mathematical and number theory concepts, the book focuses on real-world cryptography usage. No PhD is required in mathematics; instead, a first-year college background in math is enough.
The book covers all of the fundamental concepts of cryptography, including, algorithms, digital signatures, hash functions, managing encryption keys in the cloud and much more.
There is a really good chapter on one of the new areas of cryptography, post-quantum cryptography. The media hype makes it seem that every cryptographic algorithm is at risk due to quantum computing, but the reality is not like that, as the book explains.
For those looking for a dedicated book on the topic, Cryptography Apocalypse: Preparing for the Day When Quantum Computing Breaks Today's Crypto by Roger Grimes provides nearly everything the reader needs to know and is an essential and unique reference.
Every information security professional needs to have a thorough understanding of cryptography. Modern Cryptography is a really good book on the topic, living up to its title of being a very practical guide.
For many people, just hearing the term cryptography is enough to give them palpitations. In fact, so many people were failing the cryptography domain of the CISSP Common Body of Knowledge (CBK) exam that ISC2 removed it completely.
While there used to be 10 CBK domains, a few years back, ISC2 removed it entirely and subsumed cryptography in the Security Architecture and Engineering domain.
In Modern Cryptography: The Practical Guide, author Sandip Dholakia has written an up-to-date technical guide that gives the reader a comprehensive overview of all of cryptography's core areas.
While many aspects of cryptography involve extremely advanced mathematical and number theory concepts, the book focuses on real-world cryptography usage. No PhD is required in mathematics; instead, a first-year college background in math is enough.
The book covers all of the fundamental concepts of cryptography, including, algorithms, digital signatures, hash functions, managing encryption keys in the cloud and much more.
There is a really good chapter on one of the new areas of cryptography, post-quantum cryptography. The media hype makes it seem that every cryptographic algorithm is at risk due to quantum computing, but the reality is not like that, as the book explains.
For those looking for a dedicated book on the topic, Cryptography Apocalypse: Preparing for the Day When Quantum Computing Breaks Today's Crypto by Roger Grimes provides nearly everything the reader needs to know and is an essential and unique reference.
Every information security professional needs to have a thorough understanding of cryptography. Modern Cryptography is a really good book on the topic, living up to its title of being a very practical guide.
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