Lab Assignment
Identity and access management is extremely important, and doing it incorrectly can leave critical data exposed.
Complete the Practice Lab "Access Control and PKI."
Capture screenshots taken during the lab in your Microsoft® Word document as specified within the lab instructions.
At the end of the lab, you will be asked to respond to the following in a 2- to 2.5-page response at the end of your Microsoft® Word document:
• Explain the types of information that can be stored in an Active Directory user record.
• What are some of the additional tabs which are available in the Active Directory Users and Computers "Advanced Features" mode?
• What are some of the specific challenges and risks associated with account management in a large infrastructure?
• How can inadequate access controls or access management leave critical information vulnerable?
• What protections does encryption offer and how important is key management to keeping any encryption system secured?
• Consider a cloud-hosted Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) environment with many users accessing these systems from all over the world. What advantages or challenges might there be managing these identities and associated keys?
• Finally, conclude this week's assignment with a page explaining how the tools and processes demonstrated in the lab might be used by an infrastructure administrator to help secure an environment.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also Include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.