Diffusion: In cryptography, diffusion refers to the technique of dispersing the influence of a plaintext character across many ciphertext characters. This ensures that changing one character in the plaintext results in multiple changes in the ciphertext, making it more resistant to statistical analysis and enhancing security.
Categories: CC D5: Security Operations | CCSP D2: Cloud Data Security | CISM D3: Information Security Program | CISSP D3: Security Architecture and Engineering | Security+ D1: General Security Concepts | SSCP D5: Cryptography
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