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Encryption: How It Works, Types, and the Quantum Future

eSecurity Planet

While cryptology is thousands of years old, modern cryptography took off in the 1970s with the help of the Diffie-Hellman-Merkle and RSA encryption algorithms. As networks evolved and organizations adopted internet communications for critical business processes, these cryptographic systems became essential for protecting data.