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Bruce Schneier Says Government Involvement in Coding Is Coming
Security expert Schneier is realistic about the dangers posed by putting software in all types of appliances
Schneier, present at the RSA Conference, said that until now everyone had this “special right” to code the world as they saw fit. “My guess is we’re going to lose that right because it’s too dangerous to give it to a bunch of techies,” he added, according to The Register.
His words came after accepting an observation made by Marc Andreessen six years ago that software was eating the world. “As everything turns into a computer, computer security becomes everything security,” Schneier said, to give his previous statement some context.
A connected world is great but dangerous…
Schneier Brings Campaign for IoT Regulation to RSA
Bruce Schneier on Tuesday called on technologists to get involved with policy, insisting that as the Internet of things continues to unfold, the knowledge security experts have will become more applicable.
Schneier, CTO of IBM Resilient, stressed in a talk here at the RSA Conference that the need has become more pressing in the wake of Mirai; the threats associated with IoT insecurity are more palpable than ever.
“It’s one thing for Reddit to be DDoSed, its another thing for your home thermostat to be DDoSed in the winter,” Schneier said.
Schneier posted a list of guidelines that have been written for securing the internet of things …
Bruce Schneier: The US Government Is Coming for YOUR Code, Techies
Open source has won, but victory may be fleeting
The Open Source Leadership Summit began on Tuesday amid roads closed by a landslide: held in The Resort at Squaw Creek near Lake Tahoe, California, it was not easily accessible to attendees traveling Highway 80 from the San Francisco Bay Area.
During his opening keynote, Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation, made light of the mudslides that brought traffic to a crawl near Donner Pass on Monday evening. The trip at least was less arduous than it was last year, he said.
Zemlin’s remarks amounted to an open-source victory lap. Some 99.4 per cent of the world’s high performance computing systems, 90 per cent of the world’s stock exchanges, and 64 per cent of mobile devices run on Linux, he said, adding that the foundation’s projects have created $14.5 billion worth of value, as measured in cost per line of code…
Book Review: Data and Goliath by Bruce Schneier
How many times have you heard the “Nothing to Hide” argument? If you don’t have anything to hide, then you don’t need to worry about anyone watching you or collecting information about your thoughts and behaviors. Consider the impact to those that have nothing to hide. Depending on who is watching, people will curtail open discussion on many topics which stifle new thinking, innovation and even market disruption. Furthermore, it becomes easier to categorize and, therefore, discriminate against individuals. Privacy in our communications is much more important than most people think. And, a lack of information transparency in collection and use of data keeps this issue off the radar for most everyday people…
IoT Security: “The Market has Failed”
According to the IT security expert Bruce Schneier, the consequences of unrestricted connectivity in the Internet of Things could be devastating. In the interview, he calls for greater security for the Internet of Things (IoT).
“The era of fun and games is over,” said Bruce Schneier at the Telekom Security Congress in Frankfurt in November 2016. The American expert for IoT security and cryptography is Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of IBM Resilient. In his bestseller “Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World”, the security researcher describes how states and Internet firms spy on us. In the interview, the 53-year-old talks about the huge importance of security for and through the Internet of Things, about a failing market and about the need for state regulation…
Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battle to Collect Your Data and Control Your World (Review)
Reviewed by Annie Millar1
Summary: Data and Goliath:The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World describes a world in which surveillance has become a part of our everyday life, a world we are currently living in. Schneier describes what we know as a result of Edward Snowden and his disclosure of confidential NSA information. He outlines three main concepts: the surveillance society we live in, the harms that arise from mass surveillance, and what we need to do to protect ourselves. This book review will focus on one of the two major surveillance parties in the world, the government…
What Bruce Schneier Teaches Us about IoT and Cybersecurity
As if I haven’t said it a million times, IoT security is critical.
But just when I thought I had it all figured out, somebody comes along and sheds new light on this very important topic in a different way.
At a November 16 hearing held by the Congress Committee on Energy and Commerce in light of the devastating October 21 Dyn DDoS attack, famous cryptologist and computer security expert Bruce Schneier offered a new perspective on IoT security, which makes it easier for everyone to understand the criticality of the issue.
After watching it at least three times, I decided to share the main concepts with the readers of TechTalks. Here are the key takeaways, which I’ve taken the pain to elaborate on…
Security Experts Call For Regulation On IoT Cybersecurity
During a House Committee hearing today, Bruce Schneier also asks for the establishment of a new government agency devoted to cybersecurity.
Security experts asked lawmakers for more action, today, during a Congressional hearing on IoT security. On their wishlist: consequences to manufacturers for delivering insecure products, a federally funded independent lab for pre-market cybersecurity testing, and an entirely new federal agency devoted to cybersecurity.
The hearing, “Understanding the Role of Connected Devices in Recent Attacks,” was held by the US House Committee on Energy and Commerce, with expert witnesses Dale Drew, senior vice president and chief security officer of Level 3 Communications; Dr. Kevin Fu, CEO of Virta Labs and associated professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Michigan; and Bruce Schneier, fellow of the Berkman Klein Center at Harvard University…
Not a Matter of ‘If’ on IoT Cybersecurity Rules, Experts Say
Computer security experts on Wednesday pressed for comprehensive federal regulations mandating strong security protocols for the Internet of Things, saying it’s not a matter of if but when rules are issued for connected devices.
“The Internet of Things affects the world in a directly physical manner—cars, appliances, thermostat, airplanes,” said Bruce Schneier, a computer security expert at Harvard University, during testimony at a hearing held by two House Energy and Commerce subcommittees. “There’s real risk to life and property. There’s real, catastrophic risks.”…
Hacking: What Journalists Need to Know. A Conversation with Bruce Schneier
The hacking of Democratic Party organizations has made internet security germane to the 2016 presidential election campaign. America’s intelligence community has accused high-level Russian officials of backing these cyberattacks in an attempt to influence the election result. Such allegations have helped thrust relations between Washington and Moscow to their lowest point in decades.
Meanwhile, the integrity of America’s internet infrastructure was tested on Oct. 21, 2016 with a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack.
Journalist’s Resource spoke with security expert Bruce Schneier about the attacks and what journalists need to know. The interview, conducted by email while Schneier was traveling, has been edited for length…
Sidebar photo of Bruce Schneier by Joe MacInnis.