ShapeShift encryption creates a multi-level plaintext hierarchy. It then independently encrypts the fragments (lowest level elements) using high-performance encryption operations that ensure plaintext bit values can change bit-positions and reverse values multiple times. Significant, unpredictable plaintext byte-fractionation and relocation occur during fragment encryption. Processor-agnostic (X86, ARM, RISC-V, et al.), ShapeShift operations support multi-core parallelism and GPU acceleration and other hardware acceleration options.