PKI and Cryptographic Applications
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Malicious individuals have discovered several methods to attack and defeat cryptosystems. It's important that understand the threats posed by cryptographic attacks to minimize the risks to your network systems.
Identify one cryptographic attack and how you can protect against it.
Reading Materials:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCf5LIJ0HWE
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Li, Yu, Y., Lou, C., Guizani, N., & Wang, L. (2020). Decentralized Public Key Infrastructures atop Blockchain. IEEE Network, 34(6), 133–139.
Chia, Heng, S.-H., Chin, J.-J., Tan, S.-Y., & Yau, W.-C. (2021). An Implementation Suite for a Hybrid Public Key Infrastructure. Symmetry (Basel), 13(8), 1535–.
Additionally, keys should not be hardcoded into applications and sensitive information should never be stored in plain text form. It’s also important to use multiple levels of authentication and authorization, limit user access privileges when possible, and regularly update passwords and other security measures.