Question

______________ is a means of storing & transmitting information in a specific format so that only those for whom it is planned can understand or process it.

(a) Malware Analysis

(b) Cryptography

(c) Reverse engineering

(d) Exploit writing

The question was posed to me in homework.

The origin of the question is Types of Cryptography topic in section Cryptography in Security of Cyber Security

Answer 1

Correct option is (b) Cryptography

To explain I would say: Cryptography is a means of storing & transmitting information in a specific format so that only those for whom it is planned can understand or process it where “kryptos” means secret, “graphein” means to-write.