Everyday Cryptography: Fundamental Principles and Applications
Keith M. Martin
Abstract
Cryptography is a vital technology that underpins the security of information in computer networks. This book presents an introduction to the role that cryptography plays in providing information security for technologies such as the Internet, mobile phones, payment cards, and wireless local area networks. Focusing on the fundamental principles that ground modern cryptography as they arise in modern applications, it avoids both an over-reliance on transient current technologies and over-whelming theoretical research. A short appendix is included for those looking for a deeper appreciation of s ... More
Cryptography is a vital technology that underpins the security of information in computer networks. This book presents an introduction to the role that cryptography plays in providing information security for technologies such as the Internet, mobile phones, payment cards, and wireless local area networks. Focusing on the fundamental principles that ground modern cryptography as they arise in modern applications, it avoids both an over-reliance on transient current technologies and over-whelming theoretical research. A short appendix is included for those looking for a deeper appreciation of some of the concepts involved. By the end of this book, the reader will not only be able to understand the practical issues concerned with the deployment of cryptographic mechanisms, including the management of cryptographic keys, but will also be able to interpret future developments in this increasingly important area of technology.
Keywords:
cryptography,
security of information,
computer networks,
information security,
Internet,
mobile phones,
payment cards,
cryptographic mechanisms,
cryptographic keys
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2012 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780199695591 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: December 2013 |
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199695591.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Keith M. Martin, author
Information Security Group, Royal Holloway, University of London
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