Read the following statements and answer the question.
Assertion: Encryption essentially scrambles the information so as to make its interpretation extremely difficult.
Reason: Encryption cannot ensures security of data if it lands in the hands of a forensic expert.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is option 3- Assertion (A) is true but Reasoning (R) is not correct.
Assertion: Encryption essentially scrambles the information so as to make its interpretation extremely difficult. THIS IS TRUE.
Reason: Encryption cannot ensures security of data if it lands in the hands of a forensic expert. THIS IS NOT TRUE.
Software provides additional security through data encryption. Encryption essentially scrambles the information so as to make its interpretation extremely difficult (almost impossible). Thus, Encryption ensures security of data even if it lands in wrong hands, because the receiver of data will not be able to decode and interpret it.