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cipher

Term · Cybersecurity · MLC-T-CYB-000658

1. Series of transformations that converts plaintext to ciphertext using the Cipher Key.

2. Any cryptographic system in which arbitrary symbols or groups of symbols, represent units of plain text, or in which units of plain text are rearranged, or both.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CYB-000658
FieldCybersecurity
ReferencesCNSSI 4009-2015 from FIPS 197; CNSSI 4009-2015; CNSSI 4009-2022; NIST CSRC Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-000658",
  "term": "cipher",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "1. Series of transformations that converts plaintext to ciphertext using the Cipher Key.\n\n2. Any cryptographic system in which arbitrary symbols or groups of symbols, represent units of plain text, or in which units of plain text are rearranged, or both.",
  "references": [
    "CNSSI 4009-2015 from FIPS 197",
    "CNSSI 4009-2015; CNSSI 4009-2022",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/cipher/"
}

Record 658 of 4,693 in Cybersecurity terminology (MLC-0102). Request the full dataset.