An enterprising group of entrepreneurs is starting a new data storage and retrieval business, XYZ, Inc. For a fee, the new company will accept the digitalized data (both text and images), and store it on the hard drives until required by the customer. Customer data will send to and from XYZ over Internet. XYZ guarantees that data’s confidentiality and integrity will be maintained.

XYZ also envisions some information assurance need for their internal operations. Company employees will require exchanging the confidential email, and will require a mechanism in order to verify the integrity and originator of some email messages. Also, XYZ intends a daily backup of all customer data to a remote facility through a leased line. They want to do so as economically as possible, while assuring the data’s confidentiality and integrity.

XYZ is interviewing candidates for position of Chief Information Officer (CIO). They are inquiring the candidates to explain briefly how they could satisfy their requirements as described above. State how would a successful candidate respond to this question?