RSA (Rivest-Shamir-Adleman): A widely accepted public key cryptosystem developed by Ron Rivest, Adi Shamir, and Leonard Adleman. It enables secure data transmission and is commonly used for securing sensitive data, particularly when sent over an insecure network. RSA’s security comes from the computational difficulty of factoring large composite integers, which is the product of two large prime numbers. RSA is employed in a multitude of security-focused applications, including SSL for web traffic, secure email, and digital signatures.
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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