Multiple choice technology security

Symmetric encryption also known as ......

  1. Private or Secret key encryption

  2. Public key encryption

  3. Both 1 & 2

  4. None of the above
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Symmetric encryption uses the same secret key for both encryption and decryption, which is why it's called private key or secret key encryption. Public key encryption (asymmetric) uses different keys for encryption and decryption. Option A correctly identifies symmetric encryption.

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