Case Project 4-7: Lake Point Consulting Services Lake Point Consulting Services
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Case Project 4-7: Lake Point Consulting Services
Lake Point Consulting Services (LPCS) provides security consulting and assurance services to over 500 clients across a wide range of enterprises in more than 20 states. A new initiative 88781_ch04_hr_0145-188.indd 187 5/27/17 11:11 AM © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. This content is not yet final and Cengage Learning does not guarantee this page will contain current material or match the published product. Not For Sale at LPCS is for each of its seven regional offices to provide internships to students who are in their final year of the security degree program at the local college. Guardian Travel provides emergency assistance to travelers who need help with lastminute travel changes, rebooking flights, ground transportation, and emergency medical services. They are now considering expanding into personalized concierge services to aid travelers with restaurant reservations, tickets to shows, and spa reservations. Guardian Travel would like to create a specialized smartphone app to support their concierge services. One of the contract programmers working on the app has told Guardian Travel that a code signing digital certificate is a waste of money, but one of Guardian Travel’s IT staff members says that it is essential. After hearing the discussion in a meeting an executive vice president has asked for LCPS for their help in reviewing all the digital certificates that Guardian Travel uses and how they are currently being managed. Guardian Travel has asked you to conduct a training session to the executive staff and IT personnel about digital certificates 1. Create a PowerPoint presentation that provides an overview of cryptography with specific emphasis on digital signatures, digital certificates, and PKI. The presentation should be at least eight slides in length. 2. The security manager of Guardian Travel has now proposed that all email correspondence, both internal between employees and external to all business partners and customers, should use digital certificates. Several IT staff employees are concerned about this proposal. They have asked you for your opinion on using digital certificates for all email messages. Write a one-page memo to Guardian Travel about the pros and cons of this approach.
Explanation / Answer
1) Various people use internet for various purposes and data the is not safe while getting communication.
2) If two persons start making communication with each other and they want their communication to be more secure.
3) Cryptography is a technique which helps to secure data and to identify whether data is corrupted or not.
4) There are various techniques in cryptography which enable the communication to be secure and safe.
5) The digital signature and digital certificates are modes of transmitting data securely.
6) Digital certificates use the public key encryption and digital signatures use the hash code for verification of data.
2) The pros of digital certificates are their public key encryption.
--->The other advantage is that the data communication done is very well secured by this technique.
-----> All software installed in the machine provides digital certificates authentication.
------>Globally these certificates can be used by the users.
Cons
----> Chances of getting the digital certificates getting duplicate.
-----> Need to update the digital certificates and software to avoid the threats.