WGU D830 Intro to Cryptography Lab 2 Task 1: Securing
sensitive financial data | Passed on First Attempt | 2026
Update | Complete Solution
Intro to crypto
Lab 1.2 Securing sensitive financial data
Generate a random key for use with AES-256-CBC encryption on ZYWIN01
finance.key created and saved in C:\ProgramData\EncryptionKeys on
ZYWIN01
Running the command to create a random AES 256-bit key in powershell and
successfully having made in desired location
, Securely transfer finance.key using SCP to ZYWIN02
finance.key transferred and saved in C:\ProgramData\
EncryptionKeys on ZYWIN02
Here is the screen shot of the key successfully transferred to the next
machine using SCP
The command was hard at first, I was using powershell ISE and not regular
powershell and I did not know that made a difference, so it took a little longer
to figure that out. Once I did then it went smoother.
Grant read-only permission to Rina for the finance.key on ZYWIN02
sensitive financial data | Passed on First Attempt | 2026
Update | Complete Solution
Intro to crypto
Lab 1.2 Securing sensitive financial data
Generate a random key for use with AES-256-CBC encryption on ZYWIN01
finance.key created and saved in C:\ProgramData\EncryptionKeys on
ZYWIN01
Running the command to create a random AES 256-bit key in powershell and
successfully having made in desired location
, Securely transfer finance.key using SCP to ZYWIN02
finance.key transferred and saved in C:\ProgramData\
EncryptionKeys on ZYWIN02
Here is the screen shot of the key successfully transferred to the next
machine using SCP
The command was hard at first, I was using powershell ISE and not regular
powershell and I did not know that made a difference, so it took a little longer
to figure that out. Once I did then it went smoother.
Grant read-only permission to Rina for the finance.key on ZYWIN02
