Math for Security

1 Setting Up the Environment

Let’s start by setting up the programming environment we’ll use throughout the rest of the book. Python is flexible enough to run across a number of platforms, so I can’t cover all possible installation and configuration options. That said, because some of the problems we’ll be analyzing can be computationally expensive, I’ll assume you’re using a laptop or desktop to do your experimentation, and not a tablet or phone. A multicore CPU will help speed up some of the processing. While it’s not necessary (and I won’t be using them), some libraries can also leverage modern GPUs, so I encourage you to experiment with ...