I'm doing an initial quick read of Bruce Schneier (@schneierblog) 20th Anniversary Edition, Applied Cryptography (Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C) during my evenings this week - and finding it to still be an excellent text for a foundational level of knowledge-building.
However, for folks interested in perhaps a more recent treatment, they may find his collaboration with Niels Ferguson, and Tadayoshi Kohno, in their book - Cryptography Engineering: Design Principles and Practical Applications - to be of interest.
Side Note:
I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Schneier at a conference some years ago (QCon in San Francisco, I believe - but it may have been at Strange Loop in Saint Louis) - in which I asked him a question about his estimation of the prevalence of polymorphic viruses/trojans - his answer was essentially, too paraphrase: "not much". I have long pondered his answer...
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