Principles of Information Security (MindTap Course List)
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Author: WHITMAN
Publisher: Cengage
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Chapter 8, Problem 7RQ
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Encryption:
Encryption is the process of protecting data from unauthorized access. The process of encoding the message using a key that converts the plain message to cipher text. It can be divided into two types:
- Symmetric encryption
- Asymmetric encryption
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