CST620 UMUC Enterprise Key Management for Superior Health Care Discussion

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CST620 UMUC Enterprise Key Management for Superior Health Care Discussion

Key management will be an important aspect of the new electronic protected health information (e-PHI). Key management is often considered the most difficult part of designing a cryptosystem.

Choose a fictitious or an actual organization. The idea is to provide an overview of the current state of enterprise key management for Superior Health Care.

Review these authentication resources to learn about authentication and the characteristics of key management.

Provide a high-level, top-layer network view (diagram) of the systems in Superior Health Care. The diagram can be a bubble chart or Visio drawing of a simple network diagram with servers. Conduct independent research to identify a suitable network diagram.

Read these resources on data at rest, data in use, and data in motion.

Identify data at rest, data in use, and data in motion as it could apply to your organization. Start by focusing on where data are stored and how data are accessed.

Review these resources on insecure handling, and identify areas where insecure handling may be a concern for your organization.

Incorporate this information in your key management plan.

Deliverables

  • Enterprise Key Management Plan: An eight- to 10-page double-spaced Word document with citations in APA format. The page count does not include figures, diagrams, tables, or citations.
  • Enterprise Key Management Policy: A two- to three-page double-spaced Word document.

Develop the Enterprise Key Management Policy. The policy governs the processes, procedures, rules of behavior, and training for users and administrators of the enterprise key management system.

Research similar policy documents used by other organizations and adapt an appropriate example to create your policy.

Review and discuss the following within the policy:

Discuss different scenarios and hypothetical situations. For example, the policy could require that when employees leave the company, their digital certificates must be revoked within 24 hours. Another could require that employees must receive initial and annual security training.

Include at least three scenarios and provide policy standards, guidance, and procedures that would be invoked by the enterprise key management policy. Each statement should be short and should define what someone would have to do to comply with the policy.