Comparative Analysis of Encryption Algorithms Using Simulation Technique

Abstract

The unprotected electronic document may be subjected to a data breach in which private or sensitive information is stolen, taken, altered, copied, communicated, viewed, or used without authorization. This study evaluates the four most common encryption algorithms like Data Encryption Standard (DES) Algorithms, Rivest Cipher2 Algorithm (RC2), Triple Data Encryption Standard (3DES), and Advanced Encryption Standard (AES). This aims to compare four (4) encryption algorithms using simulation in VB.NET programming approach that uses time and data size parameters to encrypt and decrypt data with greater efficiency. The simulation comparison technique using the VB.Net programming was adopted as the method for the study. A graphical user interface (GUI) was developed, and four algorithms were programmed to evaluate their performance based time and data size. As a result, the four Encryption Algorithms were evaluated and found that the Advanced Encryption Standard algorithm (AES) performs much faster in VB.Net.