MALICIOUS ENCRYPTION definition

MALICIOUS ENCRYPTION means the strong encryption of a DATA ASSET by a malicious person that renders such DATA ASSET inaccessible or unreadable to the INSURED ORGANIZATION.
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Related to MALICIOUS ENCRYPTION

  • Malicious Software means any software program or code intended to destroy, interfere with, corrupt, or cause undesired effects on program files, data or other information, executable code or application software macros, whether or not its operation is immediate or delayed, and whether the malicious software is introduced wilfully, negligently or without knowledge of its existence.

  • Encryption means methods of rendering personally identifiable information unusable, unreadable, or indecipherable to unauthorized persons through the use of a technology or methodology specified or permitted by the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services in guidance issued under 42 USC Section 17932(h)(2).

  • Encrypted means the transformation of data into a form which results in a low probability of assigning meaning without the use of a protective process or key.

  • Encrypt means to encode Confidential Information into a format that can only be read by those possessing a “key;” a password, digital certificate or other mechanism available only to authorized users. Encryption must use a key length of at least 256 bits for symmetric keys, or 2048 bits for asymmetric keys. When a symmetric key is used, the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) must be used if available.

  • Malicious Code means viruses, worms, time bombs, Trojan horses and other harmful or malicious code, files, scripts, agents or programs.