Encryption plays a crucial role in safeguarding sensitive information and ensuring the security and privacy of individuals in their everyday activities. It is the process of scrambling data into a format that can only be decoded with a specific key. This makes it a vital tool for protecting sensitive information in a digital world, where data breaches and cyberattacks are common. This short course gives a basic overview of encryption fundamentals. <br/><br/> This overview course may be appropriate for professionals at all organizational levels.