Information Security
Mamoona Jabbar
,Information Security
Topic: Cryptology
, Origins of Cryptography
Inherent needs as human being:
a. To communicate and share information and
b. To communicate selectively
These two needs gave rise to the art of coding the messages in such
a way that only the intended people could have access to the
information. Unauthorized people could not extract any information,
even if the scrambled messages fell in their hand.
The art and science of concealing the messages to introduce secrecy
in information security is recognized as cryptography.
, Origins of Cryptography
The word ‘cryptography’ was coined by combining two Greek
words, ‘Krypto’ meaning hidden and ‘graphene’ meaning
writing.
Mamoona Jabbar
,Information Security
Topic: Cryptology
, Origins of Cryptography
Inherent needs as human being:
a. To communicate and share information and
b. To communicate selectively
These two needs gave rise to the art of coding the messages in such
a way that only the intended people could have access to the
information. Unauthorized people could not extract any information,
even if the scrambled messages fell in their hand.
The art and science of concealing the messages to introduce secrecy
in information security is recognized as cryptography.
, Origins of Cryptography
The word ‘cryptography’ was coined by combining two Greek
words, ‘Krypto’ meaning hidden and ‘graphene’ meaning
writing.
