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New Report Contends Mandatory Crypto Backdoors Would Be Futile
An estimated 63 percent of the encryption products available today are developed outside US borders, according to a new report that takes a firm stance against the kinds of mandated backdoors some federal officials have contended are crucial to ensuring national security.
The report, prepared by researchers Bruce Schneier, Kathleen Seidel, and Saranya Vijayakumar, identified 865 hardware or software products from 55 countries that incorporate encryption. Of them, 546 originated from outside the US. The most common non-US country was Germany, a country that has publicly disavowed the kinds of backdoors …
Press Release: International Encryption Product Survey Finds 546 Non-US Products from 54 Countries
Findings point to negative impact on US Companies and Internet users
A newly completed international survey of encryption products found 546 different products from 54 different countries outside the US. This survey was headed by Bruce Schneier, as part of his Fellowship at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University.
The findings of this survey identified 619 entities that sell encryption products. Of those 412, or two-thirds, are outside the U.S.-calling into question the efficacy of any US mandates forcing backdoors for law-enforcement access. It also showed that anyone who wants to avoid US surveillance has over 567 competing products to choose from. These foreign products offer a wide variety of secure applications—voice encryption, text message encryption, file encryption, network-traffic encryption, anonymous currency—providing the same levels of security as US products do today…
Bruce Schneier: The Security Mindset
Networked technology increasingly touches all aspects of our lives. When essential systems are connected to a networked environment, it becomes important to make sure that they’re protected from attack. We continue improving the mathematics and algorithms used to secure these systems, but attackers tend to exploit weaknesses in how the math-ematics and technologies are used.
As effective security becomes more vital, many computer science students are becoming interested in making security part of their education. I talked to Bruce Schneier, a leading cybersecurity thinker, and asked him how students might prepare themselves for a career in this field. See the entire interview at …
Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World (Review)
Data and Goliath—the very title invites you to read and have fun. But make no mistake—this is not a whimsical book. Rather,
Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World, by Bruce Schneier, is sobering and frightening. When Schneier, whom Wired magazine called “one of the world’s foremost security experts,” writes, “[w]e are living in the golden age of surveillance,” he does not mean it approvingly.
Schneier points out that this golden age of surveillance did not happen by accident. Indeed, we Americans have chosen convenience and safety over privacy. For the convenience of cell phones, the Internet, the Cloud, and other technologies, we have given corporations the right to know virtually everything about us at every moment of every day. And, for safety from all things dangerous, such as child abductors, drug dealers, and certainly terrorists, we have relinquished our privacy, along with our civil liberties…
The Security Reading Room: The Best Information Security Books of 2015
Excerpt
Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World: Bruce Schneier could have justifiably written an angry diatribe full of vitriol against President Obama, his administration, and the NSA for their wholesale spying on innocent Americans and violations of myriad laws and the Constitution. Instead, he has written a thoroughly convincing and brilliant book about big data, mass surveillance and the ensuing privacy dangers.
Cyberattack Prediction: Hackers Will Target a US Election Next Year
A major cyberattack next year will target a U.S. election, security expert Bruce Schneier predicts.
The attack won’t hit the voting system and may not involve the presidential election, but the temptation for hackers is too great, even in state and local races, said Schneier, a computer security pioneer and longtime commentator.
“There are going to be hacks that affect politics in the United States,” Schneier said. Attackers may break into candidates’ websites, e-mail or social media accounts to uncover material the campaigns don’t want public, he said…
Book Review: Beyond Fear by Bruce Schneier
Each and every one of us makes security decisions every day, sometimes even without thinking about it. Should i buy items with my credit card or is doing so too risky? Should i park in the underground parking slot or is it safe enough to park on a side-street next to the building? How often should i brush my teeth? These are some of the many security decisions we make every day.
But how often do we stop to think: are we making ‘good’ security decisions or ‘poor’ ones?
Are our decisions based on fear, uncertainty, and doubt, or are our decisions based on real information and a repeatable decision-making process?…
Video: Bruce Schneier Receives the Business Leader in Cybersecurity Award from Boston Global Forum
Bruce Schneier was honored as the Business Leader in Cybersecurity by the Boston Global Forum, for dedicating his career to the betterment of technology security and privacy.
Mr. Schneier attended and sent his acceptance speech remotely via online conference.
Holiday Gift Guide: Good Reads Worth the Investment
Excerpt
Data and Goliath
by Bruce Schneier
W. W. Norton & Company
From the moment you wake up, you start generating data. Your phone tracks your movements. Your purchases signal whether you’re sick or pregnant or going on vacation. In the background, this information is collected and analyzed. This book looks at how this surveillance state of our own creation affects us.
Datenschutz in Rücklage
Hansueli Schöchli reviewed the German edition of Data and Goliath for Neue Zürcher Zeitung.
Sidebar photo of Bruce Schneier by Joe MacInnis.