docs: public byte[] encryptAES(String plainText, SecretKey key) {
          byte[] byteCipherText = new byte[0];
  
          try {
              Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance("AES", "BC");
              cipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, key);
              byteCipherText = cipher.doFinal(plainText.getBytes("UTF-8"));
          } catch (BadPaddingException | NoSuchAlgorithmException | IllegalBlockSizeException | NoSuchPaddingException
                  | InvalidKeyException | UnsupportedEncodingException | NoSuchProviderException e) {
              logger.error("Unable to apply AES encryption", e);
          }
  
          return byteCipherText;
      }