Both asymmetric and symmetric encryption are being used by businesses to protect their information. But what are the differences? Read to find out.

Encryption protects digital data secretly by converting plaintext to ciphertext. Two common encryption forms are Symmetric and Asymmetric Encryption.

Vulnerable to Grover’s algorithm. Asymmetric encryption: requires a public and a private key, where each can be use to encrypt and decrypt data. Examples: RSA, Bitcoin. Vulnerable to Shor’s ...

Locking the bad guys out with asymmetric encryption It makes online shopping, banking, and secure communications possible.

Asymmetric cryptography is used in key exchange and digital signature algorithms which are used, for example, to establish encrypted sessions on the Internet. The algorithms used in asymmetric ...