home/glossary/Public key encryption

Public key encryption

nounid 3730·updated Sep 1, 2026
verified

A cryptographic system that uses two keys: one is a public key, which is known to everyone, and the second is a private or secret key, which is only known to the recipient of the message See also Asymmetric Key.

MWE

Attested in

No recorded attestations. They are written when an MWE tagging stage is completed, stamped with the pack version and the document’s digest.

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknown85%llm-generatedmulti_axis_classifier_queued.v1

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Public key encryptions
possessive
Public key encryption's
pluralpossessive
Public key encryptions'

Framework definitions

SANS Glossary of Security Terms1 senseview framework →
§1
The popular synonym for "asymmetric cryptography".
ISACA Cybersecurity Glossary1 senseview framework →
§1
A cryptographic system that uses two keys: one is a public key, which is known to everyone, and the second is a private or secret key, which is only known to the recipient of the message See also Asymmetric Key.
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
A cryptographic system that uses two keys: one is a public key, which is known to everyone, and the second is a private or secret key, which is only known to the recipient of the message See also Asymmetric Key.
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

Outgoing relationships

No outgoing triples
This term is not the subject of any RDF-style relationship yet.

Incoming relationships

No incoming triples
No other term currently asserts a relationship to this one.