encryption

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-001534",
  "term": "encryption",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "1. The process of transforming plaintext into ciphertext for the purpose of security or privacy.\n\n2. The process of transforming plaintext into ciphertext.\n\n3. The cryptographic transformation of data to produce ciphertext.\n\n4. Cryptographic transformation of data (called “plaintext”) into a form (called “ciphertext”) that conceals the data’s original meaning to prevent it from being known or used. If the transformation is reversible, the corresponding reversal process is called “decryption,” which is a transformation that restores encrypted data to its original state.\n\n5. Any procedure used in cryptography to convert plain text into cipher text to prevent anyone but the intended recipient from reading that data.\n\n6. The process of changing plaintext into ciphertext using a cryptographic algorithm and key.\n\n7. The process of a confidentiality mode that transforms usable data into an unreadable form.\n\n8. The translation of data into a form that is unintelligible without a deciphering mechanism.\n\n9. The process of transforming plaintext into ciphertext using a cryptographic algorithm and key.\n\n10. The process of changing plaintext into ciphertext using a cryptographic algorithm for the purpose of security or privacy.\n\n11. The process of changing plaintext into ciphertext.",
  "references": [
    "NIST SP 800-175A",
    "NIST IR 8459; NIST SP 800-20; NIST SP 800-67 Rev. 2; NIST SP 800-67 Rev. 1 [Superseded]",
    "CNSSI 4009-2015 from ISO 7498-2:1989; CNSSI 4009-2022 from ISO 7498-2:1989; NIST SP 800-12 Rev. 1 from ISO 7498-2; NIST SP 1800-21B from CNSSI 4009-2015, CNSSI 4009-2022",
    "NIST SP 800-82 Rev. 2 [Superseded] from RFC 4949; NIST SP 800-82r3 from RFC 4949 (adapted)",
    "NIST SP 800-101 Rev. 1; NIST SP 800-72",
    "NIST SP 800-133 [Superseded]; NIST SP 800-133 Rev.1 [Superseded]; NIST SP 800-57 Part 1 Rev. 4 [Superseded]; NIST SP 800-57 Part 2 [Superseded]; NIST SP 800-57 Part 2 Rev.1; NIST SP 800-57 Part 1 Rev. 5; NIST SP 800-133 Rev. 2; NIST SP 800-57 Part 1 Rev. 3 [Superseded]",
    "NIST SP 800-38A",
    "NIST SP 800-47 [Superseded]",
    "NIST SP 800-56B Rev. 2; NIST SP 800-56B Rev. 1 [Superseded]",
    "NIST SP 800-175B Rev. 1",
    "NISTIR 7621 Rev. 1 from CNSSI 4009-2015, ISO 7498-2:1989, CNSSI 4009-2022",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/encryption/"
}