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Cryptographic Controls: The Heart of Cybersecurity

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Cryptography lies at the heart of all cybersecurity technologies, and appreciating the role it plays is vital to understanding how to secure cyberspace. In this chapter, we review the basic tools provided by cryptography and how they are used to provide the core security services of confidentiality, data integrity, and entity authentication in cyberspace.

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  1. Information Security Group, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey, UK

    Keith M. Martin

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  1. College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA

    Anthony J. Masys

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  1. Landau Network Office, Fondazione Alessandro Volta, Como, Italy

    Maurizio Martellini

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Martin, K.M. (2018). Cryptographic Controls: The Heart of Cybersecurity. In: Masys, A. (eds) Handbook of Security Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51761-2_62-1

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