Scenario: You've been appointed as the information security officer at your organization. Your first assignment is to set up a secure communication channel between two geographically separated offices, providing a secure link for both teleconferencing and email. The teleconferencing system uses Voice over IP $($VoIP$)$ for communications and MS Outlook $($which uses standard protocols$).$

Explain how you would complete the assignment, and answer the following questions:

$.$ What recommendations would you make to secure the communications?

$.$ What encryption methods or technologies would you propose?

$$ MS Outlook uses end$-$to$-$end $($symmetric$)$ encryption. What are the advantages and disadvantages of using

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symmetric encryption?

What are the strengths or weaknesses of your approach?

Explain the process.