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Encryption close encryptionFiles that are encrypted have been altered using a secret code and are unreadable to unauthorised parties. is the process of disguising a message so that it cannot be ...

Authentication close authenticationVerifying the identity of a user. is the process of a user confirming that they are who they say they are on a computer system. In a network, this is often done ...