Executive Summary

The purpose of this paper is to present Applebee’s International, Inc. Smart Cards with PKI project for consideration to upper management. This project will increase security, to satisfy state and federal compliance laws with information, increase the lifecycle of Applebee’s International, Inc., and to be able to stay with

The organizational strategy is to secure and expand operations control for communication and system deployed throughout the Applebee’s International, Inc. infrastructure and network around the world. By maintaining control on securing communications and information of what information and data is accessed and how they are using the information once accessed. In addition to the organizational mission, the values and vision of the organizations is to give integrity, excellence, innovation, accountability, inclusion, trust, and making a difference in the community and in the organization.

The SWOT Analysis is a tool to be able to determine the company’s overall assessment of a company’s competitive position and health of the organization. The SWOT analysis for Applebee’s International, Inc. was conducted on October 31, 2011. This analysis indicated the strengths, weaknesses, external opportunities, and threats that would support the possible implementation of the Smart Cards with PKI project. The overall weaknesses and threats that are possible have been considered and are within the opportunities with the new implementation of the Smart Cards with PKI project. The stakeholder concerns and expectations are formed around all of the internal and external entitlements that are involved in Applebee’s International, Inc. It is difficult to provide a return on investment because this project will not generate and income or revenue or the company. The specific concerns and expectations for the IT project implementation