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Encryption
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Encryption
The coding of sensitive information for transfer online or otherwise electronically. One may encrypt data to prevent anyone other than the intended recipient from accessing it. For example, if one buys a product online and enters credit card information into an electronic form, that information is usually encrypted so hackers and potential identity thieves cannot use it for illicit purposes.
encryption
The manipulation of data to prevent accurate interpretation by all but those for whom the data is intended. Financial institutions use encryption to increase the security of data transmitted via the Internet.
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The use of a key in memory to encipher or decipher data, or access to a key that is enciphered under another key does not require such control by PCI DSS 1.
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which prevents the leakage of information from hard disks removed from CPUs, and the 'Secure Backup System Construction Service,' which enciphers and backs up data recorded on various types of memory storage media.
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For example, to encipher the word "BACON," each character is replaced with five A's and B's as follows: "Plaintext": B A C O N "Ciphertext": BABBB BBABB BBBAA AAABB ABAAA In the second step, the string of A and B values is matched to each letter of the covertext and is used to determine the style of writing used for each letter.
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