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cryp·tog·ra·phy

(krĭp-tŏg′rə-fē)

1. Computers Any of various mathematical techniques for encrypting and decrypting data in order to keep it private when transmitted or stored electronically.

2. The process or skill of communicating in or deciphering secret writings or ciphers.

3. Secret writing.

cryp′to·graph′ic (-tə-grăf′ĭk) adj.

cryp′to·graph′i·cal·ly adv.

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cryptography

(krɪpˈtɒɡrəfɪ) or

cryptology

(Communications & Information) the science or study of analysing and deciphering codes, ciphers, etc; cryptanalysis

crypˈtographer, crypˈtographist, crypˈtologist n

cryptographic, ˌcryptoˈgraphical, cryptologic, ˌcryptoˈlogical adj

ˌcryptoˈgraphically adv

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cryp•tog•ra•phy

(krɪpˈtɒg rə fi)

n.

the study or the application of the techniques of secret writing, esp. code and cipher systems. Compare cryptanalysis.

[1635–45]

cryp•tog′ra•pher, cryp•tog′ra•phist, n.

cryp`to•graph′ic (-təˈgræf ɪk) cryp`to•graph′i•cal, adj.

cryptography

1. the science or study of secret writing, especially code and cipher systems.
2. the procedures and methods of making and using secret languages, as codes or ciphers. — cryptographer, cryptographist, n. — cryptographic, cryptographical, cryptographal, adj.

cryptography

[krɪpˈtɒgrəfɪ] N → criptografía f

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cryptography

n → Kryptografie f

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Optical cryptography is a technique that encodes the message using a so-called quantum key distribution, QKD.

How Quantum Cryptography Works

We are so enthralled by our own brilliance in cryptography that we forget that most data at rest - tucked away inside databases - is unencrypted.

Time to rethink encryption

Cybersecurity researchers and analysts are rightly worried that a new type of computer, based on quantum physics rather than more standard electronics, could break most modern cryptography. The effect would be to render communications as insecure as if they weren't encoded at all.

Is Quantum Computing A Cybersecurity Threat

Enter quantum cryptography, which, by harnessing the principles of quantum physics, has the ability to usher in a new age of secure online communication.

Quantum Cryptography: a new age in data security: Dr Andrew Shields highlights the importance of quantum cryptography in ensuring the future of data security

The Mathematics of Secrets takes readers on a fascinating tour of the mathematics behind cryptography -- the science of sending secret messages.

What We Are Reading Today: The Mathematics of Secrets

Called 'The Quantum Revolution: Security Implications and Considerations', the white paper outlines security issues raised by quantum computing and introduces the identity-based public key cryptography MIKEY-SAKKE as a good candidate to be made quantum-safe.

'The Quantum Revolution: Security Implications and Considerations'

Hahn added that the company's technology laboratory is working on commercializing quantum cryptography allowing secure communication.

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Network Security and Cryptography covers the basic concepts of computer networks as they relate to cryptography and network security, and is recommended both for computer and network engineers and those who would survey the latest material relating to soft grids, big data analytics, blockchain, and computer network ciphers.

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The group will assess how cryptography now in use by the industry would be affected by the development of quantum computers, as well as review existingefforts to identify algorithms deemed at-risk or quantum-safe.

Noun	1.	cryptography - the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms cryptanalysis, cryptanalytics, cryptology science, scientific discipline - a particular branch of scientific knowledge; "the science of genetics"
	2.	cryptography - act of writing in code or cipher coding, steganography, secret writing committal to writing, writing - the activity of putting something in written form; "she did the thinking while he did the writing" encoding, encryption - the activity of converting data or information into code recoding - converting from one code to another decipherment, decoding, decryption - the activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text; "a secret key or password is required for decryption"