Security Strength

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A measure of the computational complexity associated with recovering certain secret and/or security-critical information concerning a given cryptographic algorithm from known data (e.g. plaintext/ciphertext pairs for a given encryption algorithm).

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A number associated with the amount of work (that is, the number of operations) that is required to break a cryptographic algorithm or system. Sometimes referred to as a security level.

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

3 surface forms

plural: Security Strengths
possessive: Security Strength's
pluralpossessive: Security Strengths'

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