Schneier on Security

BT’s Bruce Schneier and Ray Stanton talk security with ComputerWeekly.com’s security blogger David Lacey at Infosecurity 2008.

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While the media bombards consumers with frightening stories, discussions about security are thwarted by the failure of language to separate the “feeling” and “reality” of security, says security guru Bruce Schneier.

Schneier, author of Applied Cryptography and his most recent book Beyond Fear, reckons there is a fundamental problem with the way humans think about security. And its roots can be drawn back to a failure of language.

“‘Security’ is a complicated word,” Schneier told ZDnet.com.au at linuxconf08.

“You can feel secure and there’s the reality of security—how secure you are. And they’re different things. You can …