In a managers' meeting between the information technology administrator, the lead for the consultant group, and the dean of information technology, it is apparent that a review of the computer and network infrastructure has not been done for a year concerning the use of cryptography and distributed system authentication. The dean of IT has asked for a checklist provided to the university recommending the security hardware and software needed to secure organizational computer systems. The recommendation should include the correct cryptographic algorithms and devices that must be deployed to secure the organizational network. The checklist should address the following:

• Hardware and software
• Skill sets needed for the implementation of security and authentication mechanisms
• Policies needed relative to encryption and decryption
• Comparisons between cryptography, hashing, symmetric encryption, asymmetric encryption, and public key infrastructure (PKI)

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