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IN ASSOCIATION WITH
EVELYN HONE COLLEGE OF APPLIED ARTS AND COMMERCE
ACADEMIC YEAR 2020
WARNING: Textbooks, laptops, exercise books, phones and other devices are not allowed in
the examination room. If found a candidate will be disqualified.
Question 2
[Total: 20 marks]
Question 3
[Total: 20 marks]
Question 4
[Total: 20 marks]
Question 5
a) What are the differences between symmetric and asymmetric key systems? (6 marks)
b) What is the Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)? Why is it so important in information
security? (6 marks)
c) Most of the encryption standards that are being used such as RSA and DES have not
been formally proven to be safe. Why then do we take them to be secure?
(8 marks)
[Total: 20 marks]
Question 6
[Total: 20 marks]
Question 7
[Total: 20 marks]
END OF EXAMINATION!!!