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Eccouncil Exam ECSS Topic 6 Question 91 Discussion

Actual exam question for Eccouncil's ECSS exam
Question #: 91
Topic #: 6
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Kevin, a security team member, was instructed to share a policy document with the employees. As it was supposed to be shared within the network, he used a simple algorithm to encrypt the document that just rearranges the same characters to produce the ciphertext.

Identify the type of cipher employed by Kevin in the above scenario.

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Joesph
10 hours ago
Ah, I think Kevin used a transposition cipher. The question mentions he just rearranged the characters to produce the ciphertext, which is the defining characteristic of a transposition cipher.
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Glenn
1 days ago
I'm not sure, but I think it could also be a Substitution cipher.
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Leslie
6 days ago
I agree with Telma, Transposition cipher rearranges characters.
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Telma
10 days ago
I think Kevin used a Transposition cipher.
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