What is encryption?
Encryption is the coding/translation of information for transmission back and forth between two points (such as your home PC and our computer). It’s the most effective way to achieve security over information being sent from one point to another; it protects your information so it can’t be intercepted and read by a third party while being transmitted to us. When you submit your electronic application to us, the information is converted into an encrypted format. Once within our system, the information is decoded back into its original characters through our use of a secret key.
Encryption is the process of converting data into a secure and random format for transmission, so that it is extremely difficult for any one but the intended user to decode. It’s just like writing a letter, converting it into secret code and mailing it where the recipient descrambles the secret code upon receiving the letter. There are 2 levels of encryption generally available in web browsers: 40-bit encryption, and 128-bit encryption. MemberDirect requires users to have a web browser that supports 128-bit encryption.
In the world of electronic publishing, encryption is the process of scrambling the text of a e-book so that it can only be read by someone with a matching decryption key. e-books are encrypted to prevent unauthorized distribution and copying of the content. The encryption key is normally provided upon purchase via a process that is normally invisible to the user.
Encryption is the process of using a mathematical formula and an encryption key to scramble information so that is unintelligible to unauthorized persons. Since electronic information is in the form of a series of ones and zeroes, an encryption process can transform a particular electronic message into another sequence of ones and zeros that is uniquely related to the original message.
