[83230: Week 5 Assignment 2: PKI and Encryption at Work Learning Objectives and Outcomes - Develop a plan to deploy public key infrastructure (PK!) and encryption solutions to protect data and information. Assignment Requirements In this assignment, you play the role of chief information technology (IT) security ofcer for the Quality Medical Company (QMC). QMC is a publically traded company operating in the pharmaceutical industry. QMC is expanding its arena of work through an increase in the number of clients and products. The senior management of the company is highly concerned about complying with the multitude of legislative and regulatory laws and issues in place. The company has an internal compliance and risk management team to take care of all the compliance-related issues. The company needs to make important decisions about the bulk of resources they will need to meet the voluminous compliance requirements arising from the multidimensional challenge of expansion. QMC will be required to conform to the following compliance issues: - Public-company regulations, such as the SarbanesOxley (SOX) Act - Regulations affecting nancial companies, companies that make loans and charge interest, such as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rules and Gramm-LeachBliley Act (GLBA) - Regulations affecting healthcare privacy information, such as Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) - Intellectual Property Law that is important for information asset protection particularly for organizations in the pharmaceutical and technology industry - Regulations affecting the privacy of information, including personal identication information, such as personally identifiable information {Pll} regularly collected from employees, customers, and end users - Corporate governance policies including disclosures to the board of directors and the auditors and the policies related to human resources, governance, harassment, code of conduct, and ethics Compliance with regulatory requirements implies encrypting sensitive data at rest (DAR) and allowing access to role-holders in the enterprise who require the access. It also implies that sensitive data in motion (DIM) or data that is being communicated via e-mail, instant message {lM}, or even Web e-mail must be suitably protected and sent only to the individuals who have a right to view it. The company is conscious about the loss they may face in terms of penalty and brand damage if they fail to abide by the I'I'I' Educational Services Page 1