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# Cryptography

## Overview

JFW utilizes the [**Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)**](https://github.com/1Byte-Software/jfw-help-docs/blob/main/other-concepts/broken-reference/README.md) in [**Cipher Block Chaining (CBC)**](https://github.com/1Byte-Software/jfw-help-docs/blob/main/other-concepts/broken-reference/README.md) mode to ensure the confidentiality and security of your data. The AES-CBC encryption method is renowned for its strong encryption capabilities, cementing its status as a trusted method for safeguarding sensitive information.

## Encryption

In JFW, we use a standard salt to store sensitive data in the database, such as **Username**, **Password**, and **Email Address**. Tokens & authentication keys have their unique salts.

## Decryption

In certain cases, we decrypt data to conduct comparisons or extract information from the encrypted data for handling business processes.


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