Case Study: Using Encryption Technologies to Secure a Small Network

SCENARIO

ESSENCE OF THE CASE

Here are the essential elements of the case:

  • Determine the best way to provide protection for the confidential data stored on the file server.

  • Determine the best way to provide protection to police department messages sent across the network.

  • Determine the best way to provide assurance that messages are really sent by the party with whom they seem to originate.

Jeff is the sole IT professional and network administrator for a small municipality, a city government that serves a population of approximately 6,000. There are 37 full-time city employees, including 12 management and clerical employees in city hall, a 14-person police department, 6 public ...

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