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“Have a Good Bullshit Detector,” Advises Computer Security Expert Bruce Schneier
Cyberspace seems more insecure than it has for a long time. In an interview, security guru Bruce Schneier proposes a radical solution: Top-tier managers should have to go to prison if they fail to protect their company networks against hacker attacks.
Summary
- Bruce Schneier, security expert, says improved defense measures against cyberattacks are urgently needed.
- Quantum computers do not pose a fundamental threat to cryptosecurity, Schneier says, but cryptographic agility will be important.
- The main problems in the field of cybersecurity are economic and regulatory, he says, rather than technological shortcomings.
Cybersecurity is facing a tough challenge. Hospitals, schools and companies are constantly falling victim to ransomware attacks. Criminals are draining life savings from unsuspecting citizens through “pig-butchering” attacks. Even American government systems do not seem immune to hackers—Chinese attackers recently penetrated the largest telecommunications networks in the U.S. and …
Sidebar photo of Bruce Schneier by Joe MacInnis.