Assignment: Research Project Paper
Length: 8 to 10 pages.
We have been looking at the advancement of encryption standards over the years. In today's locked down world with almost everyone working remotely, new challenges that require encryption and cryptography have arisen. When do companies need to use encryption? What levels of encryption and authentication are needed?
Pick an industry or company that has had to deal with the challenges. How have they addressed things such as:
o Websites
o Cloud storage
o Threat actors
o Vulnerabilities
o Security Measures and policies
o Email (both encrypted and not),
o Hash values to verify documents,
o Databases that store
o corporate sensitive / proprietary information
o employee payroll, health records, etc.
o vendor information
o credit card information
o other items as determined by the type of company
o Remote users that must be authenticated
o On site users that must be authenticated
o What policies need to be in place?
o What case studies are there?
o What new problems have arisen as a result of the pandemic?
You will need to complete the following:
o What data are you protecting?
o What are the biggest challenges faced by companies in the chosen industry when using encryption
o How do they verify and authenticate the users both local and remote?
o What forms of encryption (symmetric / asymmetric)
o What laws and regulations affect the industry?
o What are common attacks / threats / vulnerabilities and how would you protect against them?
o How have other similar companies dealt with this and with what results?
o How would you test the method you choose?
o What are the expected outcomes?
o What new methods may be on the horizon that will help this industry?
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
o The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
o The response also includes 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.
o Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.