cryptography

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-001100",
  "term": "cryptography",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "1. Art or science concerning the principles, means, and methods for rendering plain information unintelligible and for restoring encrypted information to intelligible form.\n\n2. The discipline that embodies the principles, means, and methods for the transformation of data in order to hide their semantic content, prevent their unauthorized use, or prevent their undetected modification.\n\n3. The discipline that embodies the principles, means, and methods for providing information security, including confidentiality, data integrity, source authentication, and non-repudiation.\n\n4. The science of information hiding and verification. It includes the protocols, algorithms and methodologies to securely and consistently prevent unauthorized access to sensitive information and enable verifiability of the information. The main goals include confidentiality, integrity authentication and source authentication.\n\n5. The art and science of using mathematics to secure information and create a high degree of trust in the electronic realm.\n\n6. The discipline that embodies principles, means and methods for providing information security, including confidentiality, data integrity, non- repudiation, and authenticity.",
  "references": [
    "CNSSI 4009-2022",
    "NIST SP 1800-21B from CNSSI 4009-2022; NIST SP 800-59 from ANSDIT",
    "NIST SP 800-175B Rev. 1",
    "NIST SP 800-175A",
    "NISTIR 7316",
    "NISTIR 8040",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/cryptography/"
}