cascaded encryption
nounCascaded encryption is when you lock a message with one secret code, then lock it again with another code to make it extra safe.
The company used cascaded encryption, scrambling the file with two different keys before sending it.
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2. A process where the output of one encryption algorithm becomes the input of a second algorithm.
Cascaded encryption combines AES and another cipher so that breaking one layer does not reveal the data.
3. The practice of applying multiple independent encryption steps to protect data against a single point of failure.
By using cascaded encryption, the team ensured that a flaw in one cipher would not compromise the whole message.
4. A security technique in which data passes through a series of encryption stages, each adding its own protection.
The network appliance performed cascaded encryption on every packet before transmission.