CRYPTOGRAPHY – Total 2200 words

1. The text should be typed in 11 point Arial font or 12 point Times New Roman ONLY
2. All titles (excluding subtitles) should be typed using BOLD CAPITAL LETTERS
3. Paragraphs format should be justified and using a one-and-a-half spacing.
4. Provide and list your reference sources (Internet sites, text material, outside readings,
etc.) consistent with APA guidelines.

Question 1 – 600 words

John Doe, an employee, was escorted from the company premise due to suspicion of revealing
trade secrets to a competitor. John had already been working for two hours before leaving the
premise. A security technician was asked to prepare a report of files that had changed since last
night’s integrity scan.
a) Determine the algorithm that the technician should use to detect which files had changed
since last night’s integrity scan? Provide your justifications.
b) Identify a common method of verifying integrity. Explain how it is used to protect the data
from being tempered.

Question 2 – 500 words

Discuss THREE (3) benefits of adopting a good key management system to organisations.

Question 3 – 500 words

Digital signature is important for electronic commerce and is a key component of
most authentication schemes. With an appropriate diagram, illustrate how the digital signature
works in the authentication process and describes the steps involved.

Question 4 – 500 words

With appropriate examples and diagrams,
a) Differentiate between symmetric key cryptography and asymmetric key
cryptography.
b) Differentiate between confusion and diffusion operation in the context of
Cryptography.
Question 5 – less than 100 words

a) With the given secret key below, use Playfair Cipher to:-
i. Encrypt the plaintext of “ENCRYPT ME”
ii. Decrypt the ciphertext “GE EM XN VM SG NG ZC”

E A S I U
N V Z R T
Y B C D F
G H K L M
O P Q W X

iii. Using Transposition Cipher, with key = 5

i. Encrypt the plaintext of “HOW ARE YOU TODAY”
ii. Decrypt the ciphertext “IOTTADAYMWBOGHOUOAUZ”