Practical cryptography with Tink

Abstract

There are many textbooks and courses to learn the theoretical foundations of cryptography, and particular constructions, but fewer dive into the details of how to translate that into working production code.

In this session we will describe the challenges presented by traditional cryptography libraries, and the security vulnerabilities that can result from misuse. We will then examine modern hard-to-misuse libraries, focusing on Google’s Tink library. Particular attention is paid to key storage and management.