Cryptography is hard but it's less hard when it's filled with adorable Japanese manga. The
latest addition to the Manga Guide series The Manga Guide to Cryptography turns the art of
encryption and decryption into plain comic illustrated English. As you follow Inspector Jun
Meguro in his quest to bring a cipher-wielding thief to justice you'll learn how cryptographic
ciphers work. (Ciphers are the algorithms at the heart of cryptography.) Like all books in the
Manga Guide series The Manga Guide to Cryptography is illustrated throughout with memorable
Japanese manga as it dives deep into advanced cryptography topics such as classic substitution
polyalphabetic and transposition ciphers symmetric-key algorithms like block and DES (Data
Encryption Standard) ciphers and how to use public key encryption technology. It also explores
practical applications of encryption such as digital signatures password security and
identity fraud countermeasures. The Manga Guide to Cryptography is the perfect introduction to
cryptography for programmers security professionals aspiring cryptographers and anyone who
finds cryptography just a little bit hard.
