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week_5_assignments.docxRespond to each question with at least 3 sentences each.
Assignment 1
1. Go to a popular online electronic commerce site like Amazon.com. Place several items in your shopping cart, and then go to check out. When you reach the screen that asks for your credit card number, right-click on the Web browser and select “Properties.” What can you find out about the cryptosystems and protocols in use to protect this transaction?
2. Repeat Exercise 1 on a different Web site. Does this site use the same or different protocols? Describe them.
3. Go to the Web site for PGP, www.pgp.com/downloads/desktoptrial/index.html. Download and install the trial version of PGP Desktop. Using PGP and your favorite e-mail program, send a PGP-signed e-mail to your instructor. What looks different in this e-mail compared to your other e-mails?
Assignment 2
4. Visit the NIST Web site and view the document “Announcing the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)” which can be found at http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/fips/fips197/fips-197.pdf. Review the FIPS-197 standard. Examine the document to determine an overview of the development and implementation of this cryptosystem.
Search online and explain what stenography software would be used for and how it works.
1. Assume that your organization is planning to have a server room that functions without human beings—in other words, the functions are automated (such a room is often called a lights-out server room). Describe the fire control system(s) you would install in that room.
2. Assume that you have converted part of an area of general office space into a server room. Describe the factors you would consider when planning for each of the following:
a. Walls and doors
b. Physical access control
c. Fire detection
d. Fire suppression
e. Heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning
f. Power quality and distribution
3. Assume that you have been asked to review the power needs for a standalone computer system which processes important but noncritical data and does not have to be online at all times, and which stores valuable data that could be corrupted if the power to the system were suddenly interrupted. Which UPS features are most important to such a system ? Which type of UPS do you recommend for this system?
4. Using the floor plan of a building you are familiar with, design an electronic monitoring plan that includes closed-circuit television, burglar alarms with appropriate sensors, fire detectors, and fire suppression and physical access controls for key entrances.
5. Amy walked into her office cubicle and sat down. The entire episode with the blond man had taken well over two hours of her day. Plus, the police officers had told her the district attorney would also be calling to make an appointment to speak to her, which meant she would have to spend even more time dealing with this incident. She hoped her manager would understand.
Questions:
1. Based on this case study, what security awareness and training documents and posters had an impact in this event?
2. Do you think that Amy should have done anything differently? What would you have done in the situation in which she found herself?
