BACKGROUND

Data security and encryption is a branch of computer science that relates to protecting information from disclosure to third parties and allowing only an intended party or parties access to that information. The data may be encrypted using various techniques, such as public/private key cryptography, and may be decrypted by the intended recipient using a shared public key and a private key. Transmission of the data is protected from being decrypted by third parties at least by their lack of possession of the private key.

