Encryption

A procedure that renders the contents of a message or file unintelligible to anyone not authorized to read it.

Method used to scramble the content of a file or data packet to make the data unreadable without the decryption key.

An advanced security feature that provides confidentiality by allowing users to conceal data. Data is encrypted as it resides on disk and travels over a network. [Exchange 5.5]

rendering of electronic data or documents unintelligible to unauthorized users

A method of protecting information by transforming it using a cipher so only those who have the key can read it.

Encryption is the conversion of data into a form, called a ciphertext, which cannot be easily understood by unauthorized people.

The act of transforming data into an unintelligible form so that it cannot be read by unauthorized individuals. A key or a password is used to decrypt (decode) the encrypted data.

See encipherment [7498-2]