[Carlos Martes]

Symmetric and asymmetric cryptography are two different ways of protecting information. Symmetric cryptography uses ne shared key for both locking and technically unlocking decrypting data. This makes it fast and efficient, but both people must already have the same key, which can be hard to share safely. It is good for protecting large amounts of data quickly. Asymmetric cryptography uses two different keys which are a public key that anyone can see and a private key that only be opened with a private key. This makes key sharing much safer, but slower and uses more computer power. The strength of symmetric cryptography is speed. It’s weakness is key sharing. The strength of asymmetric cryptography is secure communication between strangers. It’s weakness is slower performance. Most systems today use both methods together for strong protection.