"One of the most singular characteristics of the art of deciphering is the strong conviction possessed by every person, even moderately acquainted with it, that he is able to construct a cipher which nobody else can decipher. I have also observed that the cleverer the person, the more intimate is his conviction."

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Encryption

Encryption is a process that encodes a message or file so that it can be only be read by certain people.Encryption uses an algorithm to scramble, or encrypt, data and then uses a key for the receiving party to unscramble.

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Decryption

The conversion of encrypted data into its original form is called Decryption. It is generally a reverse process of encryption. It decodes the encrypted information so that an authorized user can only decrypt the data.