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Wanted: "Public-Interest Technologists" to Inform Raging Debates on Cybersecurity Policy
LAS VEGAS. Technologists are the missing voice in cyber policy debates on issues ranging from encryption to supply-chain security, says Bruce Schneier of Harvard Law’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society, who made several presentations here calling for development of a robust “public- interest technologist” community to help shape laws and rules for this technology century.
As an example, he pointed to a “25-year debate on ‘going dark,’” or whether government should be able to access encrypted communications, and said, “It’s a scare term. We’ll never get the policy right if the policy makers get the technology wrong.”…
Book Review: Data and Goliath
After sitting in my reading list for years, I finally got to read “Data and Goliath” by Bruce Schneier. Overall, this book is as well written as all of Schneier’s books, and is just as scientifically accurate (to the best that I could tell). However, whoever the audience for his book is, they may find it missing essential parts that make it not just a pleasant read, but also a useful one.
This book is written so clearly that reading it will flow well for security professionals and the general public alike. I recommended it to a few acquaintances who are not security savvy nor even technologists, but who should know more about the information exchange ecosystem that they fuel with their personal data…
"Tu Coche Ya Está Conectado a Internet y Ahora Cualquiera Puede Usarlo para Matarte"
“¿Alarmista? ¡Qué va! Es un gran título, estoy orgulloso de él. Recuerda: los títulos están para vender libros”. Bruce Schneier suelta una carcajada recostado en el sofá de su casa en Minneapolis (Minesota), donde vive desde hace años. En realidad tendría que estar en Madrid con motivo de la publicación en castellano de su último libro, ‘Haz clic aquí para matarlos a todos” (Ed. Temas de Hoy – Planeta), pero al final el café se ha quedado en videollamada. Criptógrafo, profesor en Harvard y uno de los expertos en ciberseguridad más renombrados a nivel mundial…
Click Here to Kill Everybody: A Review
This week I read Click Here to Kill Everybody, a book that is at the same time worrying and encouraging. A security nightmare is waiting to happen, but there is still time to save the world. Yeah, the book is a tad dramatic, but generally a great read that I can recommend.
More and more devices are connected to the internet, and it is not just traditional devices with browsers, like desktop computers, laptops, tablets and smartphones. It’s also things like washing machines and fridges. Even in mission critical things like thermostats, pacemakers and nucleair power plants. We, humans, are in the middle of this new world: we give input to and accept output from our devices. In his book …
Bruce Schneier Is Leaving IBM
Bruce Schneier announced in a blog post that his three-year stint at IBM is officially over:
“Today is my last day at IBM.
If you’ve been following along, IBM bought my startup Resilient Systems in Spring 2016. Since then, I have been with IBM, holding the nicely ambiguous title of ‘Special Advisor.’ As of the end of the month, I will be back on my own.
I will continue to write and speak, and do the occasional consulting job. I will continue to teach at the Harvard Kennedy School. I will continue to serve on boards for organizations I believe in….”…
Bruce Schneier Moves on from IBM
Bruce Schneier announced in a brief blog post, “I’m leaving IBM.” His three-year stint with what he calls “the nicely ambiguous title of ‘Special Advisor’” ended at the end of June 2019. He gives no specific future plans beyond saying that he will continue to write, speak, teach and occasionally consult.
Schneier has been a cybersecurity luminary since his book Applied Cryptography was published in 1994. Since then he has developed several ciphers, including Blowfish, Twofish, Threefish, and MacGuffin. Twofish was one of the five finalists in the NSA encryption contest that ultimately led to the selection of Rijndael as the Advanced Encryption Standard…
Don't Tell Alice and Bob: Security Maven Bruce Schneier Is Leaving IBM
Infosec veteran Bruce Schneier has said he’ll step down as a “special advisor” to IBM’s security business to, in part, focus his time on teaching the next generation of security pros.
Schneier said he also wanted to focus on work with nonprofit projects including Tor and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), where he is a board member.
The cryptographer, formerly BT’s chief security technology officer, has been writing about security since 1998 and has produced more than a dozen books, as well as hundreds of articles, essays and academic papers…
Apocalipsis digital: cómo evitar que el ser humano se extinga por culpa de internet
«El único sistema verdaderamente seguro es el que se apaga, se coloca en un bloque de hormigón y se sella en una habitación revestida de plomo con guardias armados. Aun así tengo mis dudas». Son palabras de Gene Spafford, experto en ciberseguridad. pronunciadas en 1989, cuando internet estaba en pañales.
Tenía razón.
La semana pasada las autoridades estadounidenses explicaron abochornadas cómo el sistema de comunicaciones más sensible del mundo había sido hackeado. La NASA había tenido una brecha de seguridad por la que unos hackers …
Black Hat Q&A: Bruce Schneier Calls For Public-Interest Technologists
Veteran security researcher, cryptographer, and author Bruce Schneier is one of the many cybersecurity experts who will be speaking at Black Hat USA in Las Vegas this August.
He’s presenting Information Security in the Public Interest, a 50-minute Briefing about why it’s so important for public policy discussions to include technologists with practical understanding of how today’s tech can be used and abused.
Schneier has become a vocal advocate for more public-minded technologists, noting in a recent interview with Dark Reading that “in a major law firm, you are expected to do some percentage of pro bono work. I’d love to have the same thing happen in technology.”…
Summit 2019: Cybersecurity and Public Interest Tech with Bruce Schneier
Code for America Summit is just around the corner, and in the coming weeks we’ll be giving you a preview of our lineup of inspiring speakers. These are leaders in tech and government who not only share our vision for a radically improved future for government services, but show what works and imagine what’s possible. Want to hear more? It’s not too late to get your tickets!
Bruce Schneier is an internationally renowned security technologist who has testified before Congress and served on several government committees. Schneier is a fellow at the …
Sidebar photo of Bruce Schneier by Joe MacInnis.