With the increasing incidence of identity thefts, credit card frauds, social engineering attacks, the digital world is facing challenges in the years ahead. Obviously, cryptography, a young science, will play a prominent role in the security of protecting digital assets. This article tries to explain the basics of cryptography (encryption) using plain language.
Introduction to Cryptography
Secret messaging has been in vogue since the times of Julius Caesar. But later, this art of communicating messages in a secret or encoded form has come to be known as cryptography. The word cryptography is derived from Greek and means ‘secret writing’. This article is intended to introduce you to the basics of cryptography and lead you to do some encryption stuff yourselves.