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#Infosec16: Securing the IoT is the Next Big Challenge, Says Bruce Schneier
“The Internet of Things (IoT) is our next big security challenge and I think it’s the way we are going to be colliding with the real world in interesting ways.”
Speaking at Infosecurity Europe 2016 Bruce Schneier said that securing the IoT is a lot about what we already know, and some of what we don’t know.
“It’s one big inter-connected system of systems with threats, attackers, effects; the IoT is everything we’ve seen now, just turned up to 11 and in a way we can’t turn it off.”
As the IoT becomes more connected it also becomes more physical, invading our lives on an unprecedented scale with more real-world consequences when a breach occurs, and it’s something that we can’t afford to fail to secure, Schneier explained…
InfoSec 2016: Two Worlds Are Colliding, and I Don’t Have the Answer, Says Bruce Schneier
Schneier also sees more government meddling in IoT security as ‘inevitable’
Two drastically different paradigms are colliding together when it comes to the Internet of Things, and it doesn’t bode well for our security, claims security specialist Bruce Schneier.
Schneier explained how IoT-connected devices such as medical devices, which are almost impossible to keep up to date with the latest security defenses, will go at odds against attackers who are continually improving their attack methods, with “catastrophic” consequences.
“As we move to the Internet of Things, where things are less patchable and less high-end, we’re going to have problems,” said Schneier, addressing a keynote audience at …
Bruce Schneier: Governments Have a 'Stark' Lack of Expertise in IoT Security
But government involvement in IoT policies is inevitable, says security expert
Governments lack the expertise to define security policy when it comes to the rapidly growing Internet of Things (IoT), according to Bruce Schneier, security technologist and a member of the Infosecurity Europe Hall of Fame.
Schneier explained that that governments approach topics such as the IoT and cyber security without the technical knowledge to understand the challenges.
“It’s surprising how stark the lack of expertise in tech is in these debates,” he said at Infosecurity Europe in London.
“Expertise in large correlation data bases, algorithmic decision making, IoT, cloud storage and computing, robotics, autonomous agents; these are all things that the government is going to run headlong into and needs to make decisions about…
Video: Bruce Schneier: Building Cryptographic Systems
Security expert Bruce Schneier discusses security from the perspectives of both the National Security Agency and the National Institution of Standards and Technology.
Since the 1930s at Bletchley Park, there has been a continuous arms race to both improve and break cryptography. The files leaked by National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden made it clear that governments regularly gather data on average citizens, which makes us wonder if privacy is even possible. Do our carefully designed cryptographic systems protect our information as we expect them to, or are they just thin veils that can easily be pierced by the government? I posed these questions to leading security expert Bruce Schneier…
Rise of the Machines: The Threat Posed by Growing Connectivity
An IT security expert has some dire warnings about our brave new world
Either we start to disconnect our increasingly networked world or we risk daunting social, safety, security and privacy consequences, a leading computer security expert and author has warned.
In an expansive talk directly challenging widely held assumptions about the benefits of computing, networks and the internet, Bruce Schneier told a large audience at this year’s RSA Security Conference in San Francisco that we were moving towards a networked world so complex that we would be unable to safely manage it or adequately grapple with inevitable disasters…
Q&A: Bruce Schneier on Joining IBM, IoT Woes, and Apple v. the FBI
It's going to get worse before it gets better
Security guru Bruce Schneier is a regular at shows like RSA and his talks are usually standing-room-only affairs.
Schneier has written some of the definitive texts for modern cryptography teaching and his current book, Data and Goliath, examines the perils and solutions to government and corporate surveillance of internet users. The Register sat down with him to talk over the news of the day, and to get an idea of where the security industry is going.
Q: First things first—you’re the CTO of Resilient Systems, which IBM is in the process of buying…
Bruce Schneier: We're Sleepwalking towards Digital Disaster and Are Too Dumb to Stop
Coders and tech bros playing chance with the future
Security guru Bruce Schneier has issued a stark warning to the RSA 2016 conference—get smart or face a whole world of trouble.
The level of interconnectedness of the world’s technology is increasing daily, he said, and is becoming a world-sized web—which he acknowledged was a horrible term—made up of sensors, distributed computers, cloud systems, mobile, and autonomous data processing units. And no one is quite sure where it is all heading.
“The world-sized web will change everything,” he said. “It will cause more real-world consequences, has fewer off switches, and gives more power to the powerful. It’s less being designed than created and it’s coming with no forethought or planning. And most people are unaware that it’s coming.”…
Bruce Schneier on IBM Grabbing Him Up with Resilient Systems
Bruce Schneier chats with SearchSecurity during lunch at RSAC about IBM's plans to acquire Resilient Systems to complete their security offering.
RSA Conference is a place to meet and greet anyone involved in security these days, proved by a chance encounter with Bruce Schneier during lunch on Tuesday in the press room. And few individuals had news as big as Schneier, with the announcement yesterday that IBM would acquire Resilient Systems, the company where he serves as CTO.
“For the company, it’s fantastic; they have this whole big security strategy and you can see a big hole where we belong, and they see that,” Schneier told SearchSecurity while we waited for lunch to be rolled out…
Study Finds That Anti-Crypto Laws Won't Work on an International Stage
A new report shows that anti-crypto laws wouldn't change a thing, as criminals would simply look globally
In response to attempts to put restrictions on encryption technology, a new report surveys 546 encryption products in 54 countries outside the United States, out of 865 hardware and software products total.
The report demonstrates that encryption technology is very international in nature and that it is impossible for local regulations to have any effect on it, said Bruce Schneier, a fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University,
“The cat is out of the bag,” he said. “It is an international world. All the research is international and has been for decades. All the conferences are international and have been for decades.”…
Review: Data and Goliath
Hi everyone,
Political views aside, it is important to be aware of the fact that what we post online has a footprint. This is something I always tell my daughters and the younger generations. After reading “Data and Goliath” by Bruce Schneier, it is clear why corporate and government surveillance is on the rise—but more importantly the book is a good resource for learning how to protect your privacy online, if you so choose.
One story that this book reminded me of is from a few years back. The premise of the story being that targeted advertising from this teen girl’s online behavior figured out that she was pregnant before her dad did. Here’s an excerpt of the New York Times article:…
Sidebar photo of Bruce Schneier by Joe MacInnis.