Introduction to Security and Applied Cryptography

by Bruce Schneier, Michael T. Goodrich, Roberto Tamassia

"Introduction to Applied Cryptography" adapts Schneier's landmark reference for textbook use and provides an overview of applied cryptography protocols and algorithms in a precise and easy to follow treatment. Covering a good breadth of cryptography algorithms, protocols, and applications, this text provides necessary details, but does not overwhelm the reader with needless notation.

Genres: Computer Science, Hackers

912 pages, Paperback

Published February 29, 2008

About the author

Bruce Schneier is a renowned security technologist, called a “security guru” by the Economist. He has written more than one dozen books, including the New York Times bestseller Data and Goliath (2014) and Click Here to Kill Everybody (2018). He teaches at the Harvard Kennedy School and lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.