Multiple choice technology security

Data hashing will

  1. Ensure that the data has not been tampered with

  2. Ensure that the session is valid

  3. Ensure that the user is valid

  4. All of the above
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Explanation

Data hashing ensures integrity - it verifies that data has not been altered by generating a fixed-size digest that changes if any bit of the original data changes. Hashing does not validate sessions (authentication) or users (authorization) - those are separate security mechanisms.

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