With growing awareness and concerns regarding Cloud Computing and
Information Security, there is growing awareness and usage of Security Algorithms in
data systems and processes. This chapter presents a brief overview and comparison of
Cryptographic algorithms, with an emphasis on Symmetric algorithms should be used
for Cloud-based applications and services that require data and link encryption. In this
chapter, we review Symmetric and Asymmetric algorithms with an emphasis on
Symmetric Algorithms for security consideration on which one should be used for
Cloud-based applications and services that require data and link encryption.
Keywords: Asymmetric, AES, Cryptography, 3DES, MD5, RSA, RC6, Security Algorithm, Symmetric.
