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Privacy Data: The Data Encryption Standard Provides Valuable Protection

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date March 1, 1987
Report No. 132644
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Summary:

This publication describes the use of standard data encryption procedures (DES) in evaluating and protecting sensitive information which program evaluators have collected. It discusses: (1) the need to protect data; (2) the uses of DES in protecting data in various settings and in merging data obtained from different sources; and (3) a software encryption program that simulates the hardware operation of DES.

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