- Data encryption translates data into another form, or code, so that only people with access to a secret key(called a decryption key) or password can read it.
- Encrypted data is commonly referred to as cipher text, while unencrypted data is called plaintext.
- Now a days, encryption is one of the most popular and effective data security methods used by organizations.
- Two types of Data encryption exist. Asymmetric encryption (or) public-key encryption, Symmetric encryption.
