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OCR: DA SECURITY NC SK ANAGEM EN 9.23 Important data such as credit card accounts bank records and medical information should be stored in encrypted fo rmat t0 foil hackers who break into computers In addition, when this sort of data tran smitted over the Internet, should also be encr vpted When computer encrypts datafor storage the program that encrypts the data also decrypts The encryption method key needs only to be known by the encrypting computer. Encrypting transmitted data presents different problem because the sender computer that encrypts the ddee not the same computer that decrypts the data on the recipients end the transmission. Somehow transmitted must use an encryption Kay that is shared Aq everyone bnq that cannot be decrypted by everyone Imposs ible might seem such an encryption ...