Theory and Practice of Cryptography

Google Tech Talks December, 12 2007 ABSTRACT Topics include: Introduction to Modern Cryptography, Using Cryptography in Practice, Proofs of Security and Security Definitions and A Special Topic in Cryptography Speaker: Steve Weis Steve Weis received his PhD from the Cryptography and Information Security group at MIT, where he was advised by Ron Rivest. He is a member of Google's Applied Security (AppSec) team and is the technical lead for Google's internal cryptographic library, KeyMaster.