Encryption - Enhancing Your Security
When proposing the benefits of offsite storage using the Internet as the communications medium, users may raise a concern about the security of their data. Whenever data privacy is an issue, some type of encryption must be employed to insure that the data can only be accessed by authorized users. Encryption allows a user to specify an access code or password which is used to make computer data unreadable to anyone without the correct password. There are hundreds of encryption algorithms available today, but a few stand out as industry leaders.
- DES
- Triple DES
- Blowfish
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