A Practical Guide to Cryptography Principles and Security Practices Employ cryptography in real-world security situations using the hands-on information contained in this book. InfoSec expert Chuck Easttom lays out essential math skills and fully explains how to implement cryptographic algorithms in today's data protection landscape. Find out how to use ciphers and hashes, generate random keys, handle VPN and WiFi security, and encrypt VoIP, Email, and Web communications. Modern Cryptography: Applied Mathematics for Encryption and Information Security covers cryptanalysis, steganography, and cryptographic backdoors.
Learn the necessary number theory, discrete math, and algebra Employ symmetric ciphers, including Feistel and substitution-permutation ciphersUnderstand asymmetric cryptography algorithmsDesign s-boxes that maximize output non-linearityDeploy cryptographic hashesCreate cryptographic keys using pseudo random number generatorsEncrypt Web traffic using SSL/TLSSecure VPN, WiFi, and SSH communicationsWork with cryptanalysis and steganography Explore government, military, and intelligence agency applications
Author Biography
Chuck Easttom (Plano, TX), CISSP, CEH, CHFI, is President and Chief Consultant for CEC-Security, which specializes in IT training and litigation consulting. Chuck has more than 18 years in the IT industry with 10 years of teaching and professional training experience and 10 years in litigation support/expert witness work. Chuck hold seven provisional computer science patents and has authored 15 books, including System Forensics, Investigation And Response, Second Edition, Computer Security Fundamentals, and Computer Crime, Investigation, and the Law.
