application security discussion
Write 400–600 words that respond to the following questions:
- Identify at least three encryption methods supported by Microsoft Windows. Provide examples.
- Describe the Encrypting File System, BitLocker, and BitLocker TO GO.
- What do we mean by security certificate. Please explain with examples.
- Please explain the examples the business challenges of implementing encryption.
Respond to at least 2 of your fellow classmates with at least a 100-word reply.
Please note:
- Be in APA format including your references.
- Be 400–600 words long (not including title and references).
- Do not re-state the questions.
- Include two sources (i.e. two references).
- Respond to at least two of your fellow classmates.
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Application security
There are various encryption methods which are supported by Microsoft Windows and a some of them include BitLocker which is a feature meant to encrypt the whole volume and its included in Microsoft Windows versions where they are supposed to start with windows vista. The second method is the Bitlocker To Go which was introduced in windows 7. During the encryption of content in a USB flash drive, a special reader is installed on the USB flash drive by windows so that any time the flash drive is connected to a computer which has a running Windows system, it automatically requests for a password so that you can access the information. The other encryption method is the Twofish method which uses calendarscope which is a calendar software for windows to encrypt all data (Sun & Hu, 2011).
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