CYB 205 Wk 3 – Apply: Access Control and PKI

At the end of the lab, you will be asked to respond to the following in a 2- to 2.5-page response at the end of your Microsoft Word document:

Explain the types of information that can be stored in an Active Directory user record.

Address the following in your response:

• What are some of the additional tabs that are available in the Active Directory Users and Computers “Advanced Features” mode?
• What are some of the specific challenges and risks associated with accountmanagement in a large infrastructure?
• How can inadequate access controls or access management leave critical information vulnerable?
• What protections does encryption offer and how important is key management tokeeping any encryption system secured?
• Considera cloud-hosted Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) environment with many users accessing these systems from all over the world. What advantages or challenges might there be managing these identities and associated keys?

Finally, conclude this week’s assignment with a page explaining how the tools and processes demonstrated in the lab might be used by an infrastructure administrator to help secure an environment.

Submit your assignment.