Ponzi's name is, of course, enshrined in the world of fraud, but readers might struggle to recall the likes of Kreuger and Musica. Wells also provides a select bibliography for each fraudster, but an index is sorely lacking. Nevertheless, the book is well written and will appeal to anyone wishing to know more about large-scale fraud purveyors, their schemes, and the ease with which they duped the public. Trevor W. A. Morley is a former fraud squad detective in the New Zealand Police Department. Technology is so full of acronyms and vernacular that many computer books have glossaries that are as thick as novellas.
Cryptography is one of the central components of information security.
Each of these basics is discussed. Numerous illustrations clarify difficult concepts, such as hash functions. This is one of the better introductions to contemporary cryptography, covering all the major topics in a user-friendly manner. While no mathematical background is required, readers will be surprised by how many mathematical concepts will become familiar by the end of the book. While no novella, Cryptography Decrypted still captures the reader's attention.