Encryption

Encryption is the process of using an algorithm to transform plain text into cypher text to ensure that sensitive data remains unreadable to unauthorized users. Encrypted data usually looks like a long sequence of random letters and numbers. Once data is encrypted, it can only be turned back into plain text and made readable again by using the correct encryption key.

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