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Bruce Schneier: The US Government Is Coming for YOUR Code, Techies
Open source has won, but victory may be fleeting
The Open Source Leadership Summit began on Tuesday amid roads closed by a landslide: held in The Resort at Squaw Creek near Lake Tahoe, California, it was not easily accessible to attendees traveling Highway 80 from the San Francisco Bay Area.
During his opening keynote, Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation, made light of the mudslides that brought traffic to a crawl near Donner Pass on Monday evening. The trip at least was less arduous than it was last year, he said.
Zemlin’s remarks amounted to an open-source victory lap. Some 99.4 per cent of the world’s high performance computing systems, 90 per cent of the world’s stock exchanges, and 64 per cent of mobile devices run on Linux, he said, adding that the foundation’s projects have created $14.5 billion worth of value, as measured in cost per line of code…
Book Review: Data and Goliath by Bruce Schneier
How many times have you heard the “Nothing to Hide” argument? If you don’t have anything to hide, then you don’t need to worry about anyone watching you or collecting information about your thoughts and behaviors. Consider the impact to those that have nothing to hide. Depending on who is watching, people will curtail open discussion on many topics which stifle new thinking, innovation and even market disruption. Furthermore, it becomes easier to categorize and, therefore, discriminate against individuals. Privacy in our communications is much more important than most people think. And, a lack of information transparency in collection and use of data keeps this issue off the radar for most everyday people…
IoT Security: “The Market has Failed”
According to the IT security expert Bruce Schneier, the consequences of unrestricted connectivity in the Internet of Things could be devastating. In the interview, he calls for greater security for the Internet of Things (IoT).
“The era of fun and games is over,” said Bruce Schneier at the Telekom Security Congress in Frankfurt in November 2016. The American expert for IoT security and cryptography is Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of IBM Resilient. In his bestseller “Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World”, the security researcher describes how states and Internet firms spy on us. In the interview, the 53-year-old talks about the huge importance of security for and through the Internet of Things, about a failing market and about the need for state regulation…
Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battle to Collect Your Data and Control Your World (Review)
Reviewed by Annie Millar1
Summary: Data and Goliath:The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World describes a world in which surveillance has become a part of our everyday life, a world we are currently living in. Schneier describes what we know as a result of Edward Snowden and his disclosure of confidential NSA information. He outlines three main concepts: the surveillance society we live in, the harms that arise from mass surveillance, and what we need to do to protect ourselves. This book review will focus on one of the two major surveillance parties in the world, the government…
Audio: Reflecting on 2016: The Year in Cybersecurity
Listen to the Audio on WBUR.org
On Tuesday, President-elect Donald Trump named cyber expert Tom Bossert as his homeland security adviser.
Bossert is currently a fellow at the Atlantic Council and was a former national security aide to President George W. Bush.
He says cybersecurity will be one a top priority in his new job.
And if the events of 2016 say anything, Bossert will likely have a lot on his plate.
Joining the show to remember some of the top cybersecurity issues in the news this year, including the Democratic National Committee Hack, the “Internet Of Things” malware attack and more, is Harvard Berkman fellow and security expert Bruce Schneier…
Video: Cybersecurity Expert Bruce Schneier: American Elections Will Be Hacked
“American Elections Will Be Hacked.” That’s the title of a recent article in The New York Times by our next guest, the leading cybersecurity and privacy researcher Bruce Schneier. Schneier warns, “Our newly computerized voting systems are vulnerable to attack by both individual hackers and government-sponsored cyberwarriors. It is only a matter of time before such an attack happens.”
What Bruce Schneier Teaches Us about IoT and Cybersecurity
As if I haven’t said it a million times, IoT security is critical.
But just when I thought I had it all figured out, somebody comes along and sheds new light on this very important topic in a different way.
At a November 16 hearing held by the Congress Committee on Energy and Commerce in light of the devastating October 21 Dyn DDoS attack, famous cryptologist and computer security expert Bruce Schneier offered a new perspective on IoT security, which makes it easier for everyone to understand the criticality of the issue.
After watching it at least three times, I decided to share the main concepts with the readers of TechTalks. Here are the key takeaways, which I’ve taken the pain to elaborate on…
Security Experts Call For Regulation On IoT Cybersecurity
During a House Committee hearing today, Bruce Schneier also asks for the establishment of a new government agency devoted to cybersecurity.
Security experts asked lawmakers for more action, today, during a Congressional hearing on IoT security. On their wishlist: consequences to manufacturers for delivering insecure products, a federally funded independent lab for pre-market cybersecurity testing, and an entirely new federal agency devoted to cybersecurity.
The hearing, “Understanding the Role of Connected Devices in Recent Attacks,” was held by the US House Committee on Energy and Commerce, with expert witnesses Dale Drew, senior vice president and chief security officer of Level 3 Communications; Dr. Kevin Fu, CEO of Virta Labs and associated professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Michigan; and Bruce Schneier, fellow of the Berkman Klein Center at Harvard University…
Not a Matter of ‘If’ on IoT Cybersecurity Rules, Experts Say
Computer security experts on Wednesday pressed for comprehensive federal regulations mandating strong security protocols for the Internet of Things, saying it’s not a matter of if but when rules are issued for connected devices.
“The Internet of Things affects the world in a directly physical manner—cars, appliances, thermostat, airplanes,” said Bruce Schneier, a computer security expert at Harvard University, during testimony at a hearing held by two House Energy and Commerce subcommittees. “There’s real risk to life and property. There’s real, catastrophic risks.”…
Audio: Can the American Election Be Hacked?
Listen to the Audio on Economist.com
In the second episode of Economist Radio specials running up to the presidential election, security expert Bruce Schneier examines vulnerabilities in electoral voting systems.
Sidebar photo of Bruce Schneier by Joe MacInnis.