What is the main benefit of hashing data with salt in FortiSASE?

Hashing data with salt primarily enhances privacy and security by obfuscating sensitive user information. When data is hashed, it is transformed into a fixed-size string of characters that appears random. Adding salt, which is a unique random value, to the hashing process ensures that even if two users have the same password or sensitive data, their hashes will be different due to the unique salt being applied to each value. This makes it significantly more difficult for attackers to use precomputed values (like rainbow tables) to crack passwords or deduce original data.

The security enhancement also applies to scenarios where attackers may gain access to hashed data; without the salt, they could potentially reverse-engineer the original data more easily. By incorporating salt, the process adds an additional layer of complexity, thereby improving the overall security of sensitive user information.

The other options, while potentially beneficial in different contexts, do not directly relate to the purpose of using salt in hashing. For example, enhancing performance, simplifying data management, or reducing data size are not objectives or outcomes of this cryptographic technique.