You have just secured a new job with a new firm that is very security conscious. You've been instructed to learn as much as possible about encryption to ensure the confidentiality of customer transactions as well as electronic communications about new research and development projects.
-After researching this topic,you find that encryption can be used in all of the following ways EXCEPT ____.
A) securing credit card numbers transferred from shoppers' computers to e-commerce sites
B) scrambling data sent over wired or wireless networks to prevent intrusions
C) scrambling the contents of e-mail messages to maintain privacy
D) decrypting computer archives so that the data they contain is unusable if the archive is lost or compromised

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Encryption is the process of converting data into a code language to prevent unauthorized access to the data. Decrypting computer archives is the process of converting encrypted information back into a readable form. It does not involve encryption, but rather the reverse process. Therefore, D is the correct answer as it does not involve encryption. On the other hand, securing credit card numbers, scrambling data sent over wired or wireless networks, and scrambling the contents of e-mail messages are all examples of encryption techniques.

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