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Dr. Gigabyte has returned to answer those questions nagging at the soul of every CIO. If there is something you should know but dont, Dr. Gigabyte can provide the answer that just may save your job through another budget cycle.

Dear Dr. G.: I have been spending sleepless nights worrying about data security. I am afraid to read the National Underwriter weekly magazines for fear my firm will be featured in the lead story as the latest organization to become embroiled in a lost-data scandal. We have sensitive customer information we absolutely must keep secure. I know DES encryption can be cracked in a matter of hours. What am I to do? During a recent round of golf, my CEO told me one of his colleagues claimed his techies had found a 100 percent secure systemsomething called Kwanza encryption. What is that all about?
Wide Awake in Wichita

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