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What is encryption technology?

April 26, 2017encryption Technology

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What is encryption technology?

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Encryption is the transformation of text or data into a coded form that is close to impossible to read without the key to decode the message. This scrambling of the message is done by using a mathematical formula making the message appear to be nonsense.

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(Editor’s Note:) This section is meant to give you an overall idea of encryption technology as a full explanation of encryption technology is beyond the scope of this section. However, I have included a few resources that you can check out on the Web for more information on encryption. What is Encryption Technology? Encryption technology allows you to “encode” or scramble data into an unreadable form to ensure privacy. If you take a glass jar and throw it down hard on the floor (don’t try this at home) what happens? It shatters into a million pieces, right. Well the same thing happens to an electronic message when it’s encrypted, it’s broken into a million pieces. When someone looks at an encrypted message, all they see is a bunch of symbols, letters, and numerals all mixed up. To view the encrypted message a person need a decryption key. There are two kinds of encryption: “Symetrical” or “Secret Key” which uses a single key to encrypt and decrypt messages. “Asymmetrical” also called “