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''Cybersecurity.'' | |||
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HTTPS is widely used on the World Wide Web for security-sensitive communications such as payment transactions and corporate logons. | HTTPS is widely used on the World Wide Web for security-sensitive communications such as payment transactions and corporate logons. | ||
Often abbreviated in lower case as ''''https''''. | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[Cybersecurity]] | |||
* [[Encryption]] | |||
* [[Transport Layer Security]] | * [[Transport Layer Security]] | ||
[[Category:Technology]] | [[Category:Technology]] | ||
Revision as of 22:23, 3 February 2019
Cybersecurity.
(HTTPS).
A protocol which provides a secure connection for transferring documents over the web.
HTTPS incorporates a normal HTTP interaction but with an additional encryption/authentication layer over an encrypted Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) or Transport Layer Security (TLS).
HTTPS is widely used on the World Wide Web for security-sensitive communications such as payment transactions and corporate logons.
Often abbreviated in lower case as 'https'.
