{"id":2277,"date":"2023-02-14T07:10:17","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T07:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodcore.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2277"},"modified":"2025-01-14T10:47:36","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T10:47:36","slug":"types-of-encryption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goodcore.co.uk\/blog\/types-of-encryption\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Types of Encryption That You Must Know About"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a software development company<\/a>, we realise the importance of cybersecurity, and one of the best ways to ensure maximum security is via encryption.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s start this article on types of encryption<\/strong> with a little scenario:<\/p>\n

Imagine you and your friend are working in different cities and you have to transfer him $2000 online. You enter your bank account details and transfer him the required money. After a few hours, you get a confirmation message from your friend that he has received the money. The next day you receive another message that $3000 has been transferred to an unknown account. Now, you don\u2019t remember transferring that second $3000 to anyone!<\/p>\n

Strange? You must be wondering \u201chow did that even happen?\u201d Well, the online page where you entered your bank details was not secured or your data got \u201cstolen\u201d while being transmitted as it was not encrypted. This is exactly where the benefit of data encryption comes in.<\/p>\n

Now, you must be wondering what is encryption? How does it work? How many types of encryption are there? Is there any encryption standard that one can follow? What else do you require to protect your data? I will answer all of these questions for you in this article. If you are curious to know, keep reading till the end!<\/p>\n

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What is Encryption?<\/h2>\n

To begin with, let us understand the concept behind encryption.<\/p>\n

When you share any information or data over the internet to another person, it goes through a series of network devices situated worldwide, all of which form part of the \u201cpublic\u201d Internet network. Since your data traverses over the public Internet, there is a fair chance of data being compromised. In order to avoid such a compromise, one can install certain software\/hardware that will ensure a secure transfer of your shared data or information. These processes are known as encryption in the modern digital world.<\/p>\n

In technical terms, your shared data is encoded; it is converted into an unreadable format. When it reaches to the person at the receiving end, the unreadable data is decoded and becomes readable to the specified recipient only. This entire process of encoding\/decoding is only possible with the help of a digital \u201ckey\u201d, which I will explain in detail in the next section.<\/p>\n