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National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies
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This Competency Area describes a learner’s capabilities to transform data using cryptographic processes to ensure it can only be read by the person who is authorized to access it.
Source: Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity (NICE Framework) (NIST SP 800-181 Rev 1) (Version: 1.0.0)