Chapter 12

Introduction to Cryptography

CERTIFICATION OBJECTIVES

12.01     Introduction to Cryptography Services

12.02     Symmetric Encryption

12.03     Asymmetric Encryption

12.04     Understanding Hashing

12.05     Identifying Encryption Uses

✓     Two-Minute Drill

Q&A     Self Test

A large part of security today is ensuring that unauthorized individuals are not gaining access to your data in storage or data in any kind of communication. From a security point of view, it is critical that any unauthorized individual who does gain access to data in storage or data in transit cannot read that information.

This chapter introduces the concepts related to cryptography and its terminology. You are sure to be tested on this topic area when taking ...

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