SECRETS AGENT MAN COMPANY Security Dynamics, Vice Chairman NET WORTH "low nine figures" AGE 44 ADDRESSwww.rsa.com BIO Whenever you type in a credit-card number to buy something online, you have Jim
Bidzos to thank. RSA Data Security, the Security Dynamics subsidiary he retired
from this year, has long held the keys to encryption on the Web. In 1994, even
before John Doerr and Kleiner Perkins got behind Netscape, Bidzos clinched a deal
to let the browser start-up use his company's codes. His latest venture is
SpendCash.com, which is developing a cash card that may open up e-commerce for
teenagers and families without credit cards. Walk into a convenience store, hand
over dollar bills, and you'll get access to the fantastic deals being offered as
online stores race to sign up customers. An added bonus? You don't have to give
out your name. The privacy of SpendCash.com's currency may prove attractive even
to credit-card holders. FORWARD TILT Besides his investments, Bidzos' role as doyen of the annual RSA
Conference puts him at the center of the secure Web.
