I don't think there is an exact term (and if there is I'm all ears), so the closest one I found pertains to onion routing[1], except instead of each layer being

I don't think there is an exact term (and if there is I'm all ears), so the closest one I found pertains to onion routing[1], except instead of each layer being a different key, each layer is a different algorithm and a different key. I.E if you wanted to use algorithm X and algorithm Y, you could encrypt your plaintext with cyphertext_x = X(x_key,plaintext), and then cyphertext = Y(y_key,cyphertext_x). If X is terrible, Y still protects your data. if Y is terrible, X still protects your data. Note that the order in which X and Y are applied doesn't matter. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onion_routing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onion_routing