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and accessible. (It’s worth noting that to satisfy FIPS 140-2, you also need to run
on a supported operating system.)

The thing about lame duck candidates is that they’re replaced with a new one – and
with a new leader comes the potential for fresh approaches to existing challenges. The
end of support for XP opens the door to a parallel conversation on security that truly
covers the compliance. Election year or not, no one can afford to get stuck with lame
duck security.

About the author

Joe Sturonas is the Chief Technology Officer at PKWARE, inventors of the ZIP file
standard with data performance and security solutions in use by more than 30,000
global customers every day. Sturonas has been developing commercial software for
nearly three decades and as CTO at PKWARE he is responsible for enterprise product
development. He holds a BS degree from Miami University and an MS degree in
Computer Science from DePaul University.

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