With the AZ format? More than 460 entries, 100 + international experts provide accessible reference for those seeking entry into every aspect of the broad field of cryptography and information security. main subject areas include: Authentication and identification Block ciphers and stream ciphers Computational issues Copy protection Cryptanalysis and security Cryptographic protocols Electronic payment and digital certificates Elliptic curve cryptography Factorization and primality testing algorithm Hash functions and Mac History system Identity-based cryptography Implementation aspects for smart cards and standards Key Management Multiparty computation of such sound scheme Public key cryptography Quantum cryptography Secret sharing schemes Sequence Web Security Style entries in the Encyclopedia of Cryptography and Security is a lecture and tutorial rather than detailed and technical, to make a practical resource book for information security experts and other professionals who need to access vital information but who may not have time to work their way through the entire text on topics of interest to them. The underlying concept in information security can be difficult to understand and may even be counter-intuitive.