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Cryptography
Ever liked Nancy Drew? This is the 007 of applied mathematical fields, where you develop strategies of sending secret messages across the internet without hackers or members of the public being able to see their content. This field is not only hugely relevant to all modern tech, but is rapidly evolving in the dawn on quantum mechanics.
Resources
Textbooks
Free
Introduction to Modern Cryptography by Jonathan Katz and Yehuda Lindell
Understanding Cryptography by Christof Paar and Jan Pelzl
An Introduction to Mathematical Cryptography by Jill Pipher and Jeffrey Hoffstein
Videos
Online Courses
Cryptography I and II by Stanford
Cybersecurity Basics by IBM
Unlocking Information Security I: From Cryptography to Buffer Overflows (better for if you want to learn cryptography within the wider scope of Cybersecurity
Books
Serious Cryptography: A Practical Introduction to Modern Encryption by Jean-Philippe Aumasson
The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography by Simon Singh
Handbook of Applied Cryptography (Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications) by Alfred J. Menezes and Paul C. van Oorschot
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