You are the security manager for a mid-sized company (3,000 to 5,000 employees).

Your company has determined that confidentiality (or privacy) and data integrity are the security services you must provide to your work force.

10% of the work force handles company sensitive information, which requires additional security protection. The remainder of the work force must also protect their data, but not to the same level of protection or assurance.

Your assignment is to review a software / hardware security solution and recommend the type of certificate(s) needed for your workforce. Provide a rationale with your recommendation.

As the security manager, you also need to ensure cost is kept to a minimum. Even though the information you may find does not include cost information, you can find cost data on the Internet or estimate a value.

Additionally, you need to identify the security challenges of implementing a solution, as well as the security features provided by this solution.

Do not go completely in depth about the solution I want maybe a few paragraphs about what software and hardware you would use and the benefits of those choices. I would also like to see what skills/certifications you would want for your workforce, and finally the costs and challenges associated with implementing your solution.