Encryption

- [Instructor] Encryption is the ability for us … to store data in such a manner … that the data can be decrypted or recovered. … So this is data that you want to store securely, … but for when you need to be able to read back that data. … A good example of this might actually be … a user's private information. … For instance, maybe you're building … a system dealing with health records … and you need a user's social security number, … or some other unique identifier. … You probably need to be able to read and assess the value, … but you want to be sure that if you get hacked, … it's really hard for someone to get at the data directly. … You can learn more about encryption … through the other courses here in the library. … We're going to cover just some basics … of understanding encryption … and dealing with it in Laravel, but I encourage you, … if you're building software … that has more stringent security needs, … to take some time and really understand … and learn exactly the differences …