Certified encryption specialist practice questions with correct answers

What type of encryption uses different keys to encrypt and decrypt the message? +Secure +Asymmetric +Private key +Symmetric - correct answer Asymmetric Asymmetric cryptography, also known as public key cryptography, uses public and private keys to encrypt and decrypt data. The most widely used asymmetric encryption algorithm is what? +Caesar Cipher +Vigenere +RSA +DES - correct answer RSA The RSA encryption algorithm is one of the most widely used public key encryption algorithms that have ever been invented. It was created by the three scientists Ronald Rivest, Adi Shamir, and Leonard Adleman in 1977, and today it is increasingly being used in the network area. Original, unencrypted information is referred to as ____. +text +plaintext +cleantext