Introduction to Information Technology20775 marksSecurity Mechanisms
What is cryptography? How does cryptography provide security to our data?
What is cryptography? How does cryptography provide security to our data? [5]
Cryptography is the art of protecting information by transforming it (encrypting it) into an unreadable format called cipher text. Only those who possess a secret key can decrypt the message back into readable plain text. In simple terms, cryptography converts readable data (plain text) into an u...