Security without Obscurity: A Guide to Cryptographic Architectures

Information security has a major gap when cryptography is implemented. Cryptographic algorithms are well defined, key management schemes are well known, but the actual deployment is typically overlooked, ignored, or unknown. Cryptography is everywhere. Application and network architectures are typically well-documented but the cryptographic architecture is missing. This book provides a guide to discovering, documenting, and validating cryptographic architectures. Each chapter builds on the next to present information in a sequential process. This approach not only presents the material in a structured manner, it also serves as an ongoing reference guide for future use.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Cryptography Basics
Chapter 3. Cryptographic Keys
Chapter 4. Authentication Protocols
Chapter 5. Encryption Protocols
Chapter 6. Architectures
Chapter 7. Risk Management
Chapter 8. Security Assessments
Chapter 9. Illustrations