Encryption
Scrambling data so only the intended recipient can read it.
Learn it through a story
- The Wifi at the Mela (Cybersecurity for Juniors 1, Ch 7)
- The Math That Keeps Secrets (Cybersecurity for Juniors 3, Ch 13)
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Related terms
- DPDP Act (Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023) India's core law governing personal data collection and use.
- EDR Endpoint detection and response, tooling that watches devices and servers for suspicious activity.
- Encoding Representing data in a different, instantly reversible format.
- Environment variable A way to supply a secret to running code without ever writing it into the code itself.
- Escalation Passing a confirmed concern to someone with more authority or context to act on it.
- Evil twin A fake wifi access point set up with a name close enough to a real one to trick people into connecting.