CIPT (Certified Information Privacy Technologist) Practice

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Which encryption method uses the same key for both encrypting and decrypting data?

Symmetric encryption
Asymmetric encryption
Hashing
Web Beacons

The correct answer is: Symmetric encryption

Symmetric encryption uses the same key for both encrypting and decrypting data. This is its primary characteristic, making it efficient for encrypting and decrypting large amounts of data quickly. Asymmetric encryption, on the other hand, uses two different keys - a public key for encrypting data and a private key for decrypting data. Hashing is a one-way function that converts input data into a fixed-size string of bytes, and it is not used for encryption or decryption. Web beacons are small objects embedded into a web page or email to track user activity but are not directly related to encryption methods.