Cryptographic solutions using software methods can be used for those security applications where data traffic is not too large and low encryption rate is tolerable. On the other hand, hardware methods offer high-speed solutions making them highly suitable for applications where data traffic is fast and large data is required to be encrypted in real time. VLSI (also known as ASIC), and FPGAs (Field Programmable Gate Arrays) are two alternatives for implementing cryptographic algorithms in hardware. FPGAs offer several benefits for cryptographic algorithm implementations over VLSI as they...

Cryptographic solutions using software methods can be used for those security applications where data traffic is not too large and low encryption rate is tolerable. On the other hand, hardware methods offer high-speed solutions making them highly suitable for applications where data traffic is fast and large data is required to be encrypted in real time. VLSI (also known as ASIC), and FPGAs (Field Programmable Gate Arrays) are two alternatives for implementing cryptographic algorithms in hardware. FPGAs offer several benefits for cryptographic algorithm implementations over VLSI as they...

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Cryptology and Information Security in Latin America, LatinCrypt 2015, held in Guadalajara, Mexico, in August 2015.

The 20 papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 49 submissions. They were organized in topical sections named: cryptographic protocols; foundations; post-quantum cryptography; symmetric key cryptanalysis; we still love pairings; curves in cryptography; and cryptographic engineering.