Question

You have been asked to implement a data integrity program to protect data files that need to be electronically downloaded by the sales staff. You have decided to use the strongest hashing algorithm available on your systems. Which hash algorithm would you select?

Answer 1

I would use SHA-3(Secure Hashing Algorithm) for my systems which is one of the strongest hashing algorithms nowadays and has a security claim of 2^512.

A hashing function is a function which takes a value of any arbitrary length and returns the  compressed value of fixed length.

SHA-3 the most advanced and secure algorithm in the family of SHA algorithms.