Cryptography

Best cryptography books and tools

Resources for Cryptography under Mathematics. Pair these picks with articles on thestemprofessor.com.

• Introduction to Modern Cryptography (Katz & Lindell) — Standard undergrad cryptography text with rigorous definitions.
• Applied Cryptography (Bruce Schneier) — Practitioner-oriented survey of protocols and real-world systems.
• The Code Book (Simon Singh) — Popular history of codes from Caesar ciphers to RSA — great motivation read.
• Serious Cryptography (Jean-Philippe Aumasson) — Modern applied crypto for developers who need TLS and password hashing context.
• USB security key (FIDO2) — See modern crypto in everyday authentication.
• Entropy / password manager book — Connects abstract crypto to credential hygiene.