project

Description:

Create a fictitious company that has

· Email (both encrypted and not),

· Hash values to verify documents,

· Databases that store

· corporate sensitive / proprietary information

· employee payroll, health records, etc.

· vendor information

· credit card information

· other items as determined by the type of company

· Remote users that must be authenticated

· On site users that must be authenticated

You will need to complete the following:

· What methodology will you use to protect the data?

· What are the biggest challenges faced by companies using encryption?

· How will you verify and authenticate the users both local and remote?

· What forms of encryption (symmetric / asymmetric)

· What certifying authorities will you use?

· What are common attacks and how will you protect against them?

· How have other similar companies dealt with this and with what results?

· How will you test the method you choose?

· What are the expected outcomes?

· What new methods may be on the horizon that will help this industry?

Please note the following criteria:

Research paper:

· Research Paper must be in APA Style

· Research Paper must have at least 5 works cited of which 2 must be peer reviewed works/articles (note your book can be included as a reference)

· Must be at least 10 double-spaced pages with standard 1 inch margins.

· 6 – 8 pages of prose

· Limit the number of bulleted lists

· Prose + charts + figures = 10 pages

· Total report should be 10 – 15 pages

· Paper will be 200 points:

Presentation

This presentation must be supported by the research paper.

Presentation will be 100 points and based on the following:

Completeness of the Topic

Presentation Delivery