Many thanks for your feedback and comment. I don’t have any book recommendations, as I usually tend to go straight for papers and standard specifications. Howev

Many thanks for your feedback and comment. I don’t have any book recommendations, as I usually tend to go straight for papers and standard specifications. However, I found myself getting back to Dan Boneh’s Graduate Course in Applied Cryptography (http://toc.cryptobook.us/ http://toc.cryptobook.us/) a few times, as it generally makes for a good read of cryptography as a tool to realize security goals, as well as to clarify some questions regarding the theoretical underpinnings of cryptography.