* Cryptography is the most effective way to achieve data security
and is essential to e-commerce activities such as online shopping,
stock trading, and banking
* This invaluable introduction to the basics of encryption covers
everything from the terminology used in the field to specific
technologies to the pros and cons of different implementations
* Discusses specific technologies that incorporate cryptography
in their design, such as authentication methods, wireless
encryption, e-commerce, and smart cards
* Based entirely on real-world issues and situations, the
material provides instructions for already available technologies
that readers can put to work immediately
* Expert author Chey Cobb is retired from the NRO, where she held
a Top Secret security clearance, instructed employees of the CIA
and NSA on computer security and helped develop the computer
security policies used by all U. S. intelligence agencies
