Chapter 8. Encryption
Chapter Objectives
After reading this chapter and completing the exercises, you will be able to do the following:
Explain the basics of encryption
Discuss modern cryptography methods
Select appropriate cryptography for your organization
Introduction
There are many aspects of computer and information security. Encryption, the process of scrambling a message or other information so that it cannot be easily read by someone intercepting the message, is one of the most critical parts to the security puzzle. If you have the best firewall, very tight security policies, hardened operating systems, virus scanners, intrusion detection software, antispyware, and every other computer security angle covered but send your data in ...
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