Terms
The practice of encrypting information so only authorized people can read it.
What is Cryptography?
This cipher shifts each letter of the message by a set amount- the set amount is the key.
What is Caesar Cipher?
This professional uses math and physics to come up with new ways to encrypt data.
What is a Cryptographer?
This is the message that results from encryption.
What is Cipher Text?
The process of converting information into an unreadable form.
What is encryption?
This cipher changes one character or symbol to another (This explains how a specific cipher comes about)
What is Substitution Cipher?
This professional tests encryption methods by attempting to break in and decrypt.
What is a Cryptanalyst?
This is the process of converting Cipher text to plain text.
What is Decryption?
This is a term for a 'readable message'.
This consists of several Caesar Ciphers in sequence with different shift values based on a key word.
What is a Vigenere Cipher?
This professional works on both encryption and decryption of information.
What is a Cryptologist?
The value or variable used during encryption.
What is a Key?