在密码学中，恺撒密码（或称恺撒加密、恺撒变换、变换加密）是一种最简单且最广为人知的加密技术。它是一种替换加密的技术，明文中的所有字母都在字母表上向后（或向前）按照一个固定数目进行偏移后被替换成密文。例如，当偏移量是3的时候，所有的字母A将被替换成D，B变成E，以此类推。这个加密方法是以恺撒的名字命名的，当年恺撒曾用此方法与其将军们进行联系。

恺撒密码通常被作为其他更复杂的加密方法中的一个步骤，例如维吉尼亚密码。恺撒密码还在现代的ROT13系统中被应用。但是和所有的利用字母表进行替换的加密技术一样，恺撒密码非常容易被破解，而且在实际应用中也无法保证通信安全。

In cryptography, a Caesar cipher, also known as Caesar's cipher, the shift cipher, Caesar's code or Caesar shift, is one of the simplest and most widely known encryption techniques. It is a type of substitution cipher in which each letter in the plaintext is replaced by a letter some fixed number of positions down the alphabet. For example, with a left shift of 3, D would be replaced by A, E would become B, and so on. The method is named after Julius Caesar, who used it in his private correspondence.