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Encryption key

nounid 2451·updated May 9, 2026
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A piece of information, in a digitized form, used by an encryption algorithm to convert the plaintext to the ciphertext

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Entity Type

Credential92%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

Restricted85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

Cui72%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Variants

plural
Encryption keys
possessive
Encryption key's
pluralpossessive
Encryption keys'

Framework definitions

ISACA Cybersecurity Glossary1 senseview framework →
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A piece of information, in a digitized form, used by an encryption algorithm to convert the plaintext to the ciphertext
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
A piece of information, in a digitized form, used by an encryption algorithm to convert the plaintext to the ciphertext
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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