Encryption Explained: How Symmetric & Asymmetric Methods Protect Your Data 🔐

In 2017 alone, the world saw data breaches affecting close to half a billion customers from companies such as eBay, Uber and Equifax.

Customer trust is built upon foundations of reliability, transparency and data encryption. It’s imperative that businesses are vigilant and strive to remain deserving of the trust that users place in them. So, how does encryption work?

Find out more about the importance of security, how to prevent data leaks, and the nuances between symmetric and asymmetric encryption techniques in this explainer video from iluli by Mike Lamb – explaining the ideas and innovations changing our lives.

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*Sources and Further Reading:*

• _Encryption, decryption, and cracking:_ https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/computers-and-internet/xcae6f4a7ff015e7d:online-data-security/xcae6f4a7ff015e7d:data-encryption-techniques/a/encryption-decryption-and-code-cracking
• _An Overview of Cryptography_ by Gary Kessler: https://www.garykessler.net/library/crypto.html
• _The Truth Machine: The Blockchain and the Future of Everything_ by Michael Casey and Paul Vigna
• _Understanding and Applying Cryptography and Data Security:_ https://www.britannica.com/topic/cryptology/History-of-cryptology