From securing websites to signing software, you’ll find asymmetric cryptography (including encryption) in use virtually everywhere online. Here’s what you need to know about the cryptographic process that helps keep your data secure online

Asymmetric Encryption is the backbone of internet security. Without it, stealing your critically sensitive data is as easy as taking candy from a baby for most cybercriminals. We’ve seen plenty of the painful reminders over the last few years in data breaches that resulted from expired SSL/TLS certificates. (Hence why we always talk about the importance of certificate management to avoid these issues.)

But what is asymmetric encryption? We’ll start with a quick public key encryption definition before moving on to explore this more technical topic at length. Don’t worry, we’ll try to keep this briefer than our usual tome-style explanatory posts.  

Let’s hash it out.

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