Assignment:
Encrypt-It-Rite, a vendor of encryption software, sells a symmetric cipher that uses a 56-bit key. The company decides to conduct a "challenge" to crack an encrypted message using a brute-force approach. The average time to crack the message is found to be 12 hrs. How many more bits would they need to add to the key to increase the average cracking time to 12,288 hrs?
Your answer must be typed, double-spaced, Times New Roman font (size 12), one-inch margins on all sides, APA format.