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Book Review: A Hacker’s Mind
When asked to name the world’s largest hacking firm, most people would think along the lines of Rapid 7 or Check Point. But in truth, it is Deloitte and PwC who are the largest hacking firms. It’s not because they have so many penetration testers. Instead, it is due to how many accountants and lawyers they employ.
And that is the underlying theme Bruce Schneier makes in his excellent new book A Hacker’s Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society’s Rules, and How to Bend them Back (W.W. Norton Publishing). His premise is that hacking is, in fact, a universal trait. While those in the information security field think of hacking in terms of zero days and Windows vulnerabilities, finding gaps in things is a normal human response…
Ben's Book of the Month: Review of "Click Here to Kill Everybody: Security and Survival in a Hyper-connected World"
Perhaps the most meaningless term in information security is though leader. I know what it is supposed to mean, but many people who consider themselves information security thought leaders are anything but that. Nonetheless, if there is anyone who is a thought leader in the true sense of the term, it’s Bruce Schneier. Schneier has written on near every aspect of information security. From cryptography, data collection, privacy, spying, and much more.
In his latest work: Click Here to Kill Everybody: Security and Survival in a Hyper-connected World…
Video: RSA Conference Asia Pacific & Japan 2016 Interview
Linda Gray, General Manager of the RSA Conference, speaks with Bruce Schneier on the topic of his keynote, “Security in the World-Sized Web,” at RSA Conference 2016 Singapore.
The Security Reading Room: The Best Information Security Books of 2015
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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.
Carry On: Sound Advice from Schneier on Security (Review)
Bruce Schneier has been called an information security rock star. If that’s the case, then Carry On: Sound Advice from Schneier on Security is his greatest hits collection 2008-2013.
The roughly 175 essays in the book represent a collection of articles Schneier wrote for this Crypto-Gram newsletter, his blog and other blogs, magazines, newspapers and other periodicals.
Some of the articles, such as the 2008 piece “Chinese Cyberattacks: Myth or Menace?” are clearly dated. A number of the other articles are somewhat redundant in that they were written on the same topic for different audiences…
Audio: Session Preview with Bruce Schneier: Reconceptualizing Security
Bruce Schneier, CTO, BT Counterpane, is an internationally renowned security technologist and author, and a frequent speaker at RSA Conference. His session at RSA Conference 2008 is called Reconceptualizing Security.
Sidebar photo of Bruce Schneier by Joe MacInnis.