encrypt
nounverified·updated May 9, 2026
Generic term encompassing encipher and encode.
NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2
Senses
National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS) Cybersecurity Lexicon
The generic term encompassing encipher and encode.
FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool, Baseline, May 2017
Convert data or information into a cipher or code; encipher; encode; conceal.
Classifications
Entity Type
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- cryptographically one-way hashedencipherencode
- plural
- encrypts
- possessive
- encrypt's
- pluralpossessive
- encrypts'