Jean-Philippe Aumassonis Principal Research Engineer at Kudelski Security, an international cybersecurity company based in Switzerland. He has authored more than 40 research -articles in the field of cryptography and cryptanalysis and designed the widely used hash functions BLAKE2 and SipHash. He speaks regularly at information security conferences and has presented at Black Hat, DEF CON, Troopers, and -Infiltrate.
A superb introduction to modern encryption and cryptography. For those looking to quickly get up to speed on the topics, this makes for an excellent go-to guide. -Ben Rothke, RSA Conference It's really a love letter to cryptography. -Nadim Kobeissi For those who really want to understand how cryptography works, and who need to use it in practice, I thoroughly recommend Serious Cryptography. -Martijn Grooten, Virus Bulletin Impressive in its breadth...the state of the art in applied cryptography is distilled here in a mere 282 pages. -Federico Lucifredi, The Hub Aumasson successfully ensures that the reader has a strong understanding of cryptography's core ideas... Serious Cryptography is a must read for anyone wanting to enter cryptographic engineering. -Infosecurity Magazine Each chapter not only explains concepts and key implementation details, but also highlights possible pitfalls, common mistakes, and finishes with a list of recommended materials. -Artificial Truth Jean-Philippe Aumasson's Serious Cryptography is a classic (and serious) introduction to the field. -Mary Branscombe, ZDNet It's advanced but the best book I've ever read for PKI is Serious Cryptography by Aumasson. Probably don't want to start with it but if you get serious you'll want to read it. -Chris Sandvick, @ChrisSandvick My favorite reference. -Colin O'Flynn, Circuit Cellar