Securing the Infrastructure
Lauren Collins, kCura Corporation
1 Communication Security Goals
Since the inception of technology, data security revolves around cryptography. Because cryptography is only as good as the ability of a person or a program, new methods are constantly implemented as technology becomes more sophisticated.
Network Design and Components
Cipher text and secret keys are transported over the network and can be harvested for analysis; furthermore they can impersonate a source or, worst case, cause a service denial. Thus, to aid encryption and complex distribution methods, a network needs to be secure and elegant. That is, the network should have applicable appliances that monitor and detect attacks, intelligence that ...
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