CHAPTER 18Encryption: Objective 5.1 Understand Data Security
Encryption protects information from prying eyes by making it unreadable to anyone who does not have the required decryption key. We use encryption to protect data that is at rest on a storage device or in transit over a network.
In this chapter, you'll learn about the first subobjective of CC objective 5.1. The remaining material for this objective is covered in Chapter 19, “Data Handling,” and Chapter 20, “Logging and Monitoring.” The following subobjective is covered in this chapter:
- Encryption (e.g., symmetric, asymmetric, hashing)
CRYPTOGRAPHY
Encryption is one of the most important security controls that you can use to protect the confidentiality of your data. Encryption ...
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