http://www.iaeme.com/IJARET/index.asp 676 editor@iaeme.com International Journal of Advanced Research in Engineering and Technology (IJARET) Volume 12, Issue 2, February 2021, pp.676-682 Article ID: IJARET_12_02_066 Available online at http://www.iaeme.com/IJARET/issues.asp?JType=IJARET&VType=12&IType=2 ISSN Print: 0976-6480 and ISSN Online: 0976-6499 DOI: 10.34218/IJARET.12.2.2021.065 © IAEME Publication Scopus Indexed COMPARISON BETWEEN TRADITIONAL CRYPTOGRAPHIC METHODS AND GENETIC ALGORITHM BASED METHOD TOWARDS CYBER SECURITY Pooja Bagane* Research Scholar, Visvesaraya Technological University, Belgaum, Karnataka- India. Assistant Professor at Department of Computer Science, Symbiosis Institute of Technology, (SIT) affiliated to Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune, India Dr. S. Kotrappa Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, KLE Dr. MSSCET, Belgaum, Karnataka- India. *Corresponding Auhtor ABSTRACT Cryptography is an art of writing the secret codes. Cryptographers tries to write secret codes. Secret codes will be broken by cryptanalysts. Cartographers and cryptanalyst always try to be ahead of each other. Genetic algorithms (GA) are structured yet randomized search algorithm invented by Darwinian’s evolutionary ideas about natural selection and genetics. We have discussed about comparison of traditional cryptographic algorithms and genetic algorithm based cryptography methods in this paper. Genetic Algorithm based cryptosystem is more secure and unbreakable than traditional cryptosystem. Key words: Cipher, Cryptography, Cryptanalysis, Genetic Algorithm, Key Size. Cite this Article: Pooja Bagane and S. Kotrappa, Comparison Between Traditional Cryptographic Methods and Genetic Algorithm Based Method Towards Cyber Security, International Journal of Advanced Research in Engineering and Technology (IJARET), 12(2), 2021, pp. 676-682. http://www.iaeme.com/IJARET/issues.asp?JType=IJARET&VType=12&IType=2 1. INTRODUCTION The term Cryptography came from Greek word called “krypto’s” which defines “Hidden Secrets”. Cryptography is the excercise and theory of beating information. It is skill / discipline of transforming a plain / original data into coded data and again reconverting that plain text into its original data.