Management Of Information Security
Management Of Information Security
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ISBN: 9781337405713
Author: WHITMAN, Michael.
Publisher: Cengage Learning,
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Asymmetric encryption:

  • Asymmetric encryption or asymmetric cryptography is a method that uses a pair of keys.
  • It is also known as public key crypt...

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  • Information security professional would be interested in asymmetric encryption because it is a really good method that uses a couple of connected keys, one to encrypt and other to decrypt...

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