The most basic form of encryption is symmetric key encryption, so named because both the sender and the receiver of the data use the same key to encrypt and decrypt the data. The problem with symmetric key encryption is that you must have a secure way to transport the encryption key to individuals you wish to exchange data with. If you do not use a secure method to send the key to a recipient, someone may intercept the key. This makes encryption useless, because now the interceptor
can decrypt the data knowing the key. In addition, if you are using encryption techniques for multiple recipients, you may not want one person to have access to another’s data. Now you must keep multiple single keys per person, which can become extremely cumbersome.