Kriptologija, ta vrlo kompleksna i stara znanost, od svojih najranijih početaka bila je interdisciplinarna, i služila se dostignućima drugih znanosti kako bi razvila nove načine sigurne komunikacije. Matematika, logika i fizika samo su neke od znanosti koje su pomogle u teoretskom napretku kriptologije, koja je svoju najveću revoluciju doživjela potpomognuta modernim električnim i mehaničkim inženjerstvom pomoću kojeg su konstruirani prvi elektromehanički
enkripcijski strojevi, a koji su također otvorili put suvremenom računalstvu. Drugi svjetski rat je najbolje dokumentiran i istražen dio povijesti kriptologije, a to vrijeme svjedočilo je i praktičnim implementacijama različitih teorija ove znanosti. Kriptografija i kriptoanaliza obje su doživjele vrlo velike promjene u periodu Drugog svjetskog rata, a izumi korišteni u tom vremenu postali su temeljem budućeg razvoja kriptologije. Znanstvenici kao što su Alan Turing, Arthur Scherbius,
Marian Rejewski i William Tutte samo su neki od najpoznatijih stručnjaka tog vremena, a bez njihovih zasluga današnja bi znanost zasigurno bila puno siromašnija.Cryptology, an old and complex science, was from the very beginning composed of different scientific disciplines and used the achievements of other sciences to develop new methods of secure communication. Mathematics, Logic, and Physics are a few out of many sciences that helped
develop Cryptology, which in the end lived through its greatest revolution based on modern electrical and mechanical engineering, used to construct the first electromechanical cypher machines that also opened the way to the modern Computer science. The Second World War was
the most documented and investigated part of Cryptology's history, and those times have also witnessed the practical implementations of different cryptological theories. Cryptography and cryptanalysis both witnessed great changes during the Second World War period, and the inventions used during that time became the basis of the later advancement of Cryptology. Scientists such as Alan Turing, Arthur Scherbius, Marian Rejewski and William Tutte are just a few of the great people who worked during that period, but without their efforts modern science as a whole would
surely not be as great and advanced as it is today
