Cryptanalysis
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Cryptanalysis (from the Greek kryptós, "hidden", and analýein, "to loosen" or "to untie") is the art and science of analyzing information systems in order to study the hidden aspects of the systems.
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See also
- Economics of security
- Information assurance, a term for information security often used in government
- Information security, the overarching goal of most cryptography
- National Cipher Challenge
- Security engineering, the design of applications and protocols
- Security vulnerability; vulnerabilities can include cryptographic or other flaws
- Topics in cryptography
- Zendian Problem
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Historic cryptanalysts
- Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander
- Charles Babbage
- Lambros D. Callimahos
- Alastair Denniston
- Agnes Meyer Driscoll
- Elizebeth Friedman
- William F. Friedman, the father of modern cryptology
- Meredith Gardner
- Friedrich Kasiski
- Al-Kindi
- Dilly Knox
- Solomon Kullback
- Marian Rejewski
- Joseph Rochefort, whose contributions affected the outcome of the Battle of Midway
- Frank Rowlett
- Abraham Sinkov
- Giovanni Soro, the Renaissance's first outstanding cryptanalyst
- John Tiltman
- Alan Turing
- William T. Tutte
- John Wallis - 17th-century English mathematician
- Herbert Yardley
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