Encryption
Encryption is any method of encoding data so that it is unreadable to parties without a method of decryption.
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Definitions
According to the CyBOK (version 1),
- Encryption. The process of transforming information (commonly referred to as plain text/data) using an algorithm(called cipher) to make it unreadable to anyone except those possessing special knowledge, commonly referred to as a cryptographic key.
