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Espionage Insiders: Welcome to the Post-Forgetting World
"I can’t think of any other issue that moved people so quickly." By security expert Bruce Schneier’s estimation, more than 700 million people worldwide changed their behavior on the Internet as a direct result of what Edward Snowden’s NSA leak revealed about government surveillance. Even more amazing: they all did it within one year.
What motivated so many private citizens to take action? "They did that because of secrets. The biggest enemy to society, the thing that is most corrosive, is secrecy," says Schneier. "Edward Snowden started the dialogue."…
Schneier: Next President May Face IoT Cyberattack That Causes People to Die
Some people may think the upcoming US presidential election is a Kobayashi Maru, a lose-lose scenario no matter who wins, but which candidate would best deal with a cyberattack that caused people to die?
In an article about how hacking the Internet of Things will result in real world disasters, security guru Bruce Schneier—who is not known for spreading FUD (fear, uncertainty, doubt)—was not talking about hacks against banks or the smart grid that would cause general chaos; oh no, he was describing hacks against devices connected to the internet which would actually result in people dying…
Bruce Schneier at Infosecurity Europe 2016
This year’s Infosecurity Europe conference had so many great places to be and things to do that it was often hard to choose how best to spend one’s limited time and harder still for many to identify a single highlight. For myself personally, however, it had to be the opportunity to hear one of my favourite writers for many years speaking on the keynote stage.
Whilst terms like “security guru” or even “thought leader” are often bandied around and diluted to the point of being meaningless, few of us mere security mortals can reasonably dispute the influence, credibility and respect that Bruce Scheiner holds as a writer, technologist, cryptographer and entrepreneur. You know that when he speaks at an event like this, it is not an opportunity you’re going to get every day…
IoT Security: Lack of Expertise Will Hurt, Says Bruce Schneier
The lack of relevant technical expertise by governments is going to hurt when it comes to securing the internet of things (IoT), according to security technologist Bruce Schneier.
Governments have a crucial role to play in tackling what he sees as the next big security challenge, he told Infosecurity Europe 2016 in London.
One of the biggest challenges, according to Schneier, is that there is no good regulatory structure for IoT which connects finance, health, energy and transport information.
“We don’t know how to do this, so we are going to need government solutions that are holistic that will deal with IoT devices no matter what they are doing,” he said…
Government Regulation Will Clip Coders' Wings, Says Bruce Schneier
Systems "too critical to allow programmers to do as they want"
Government regulation of the Internet of Things will become inevitable as connected kit in arenas as varied as healthcare and power distribution becomes more commonplace, according to security guru Bruce Schneier.
“Governments are going to get involved regardless because the risks are too great. When people start dying and property starts getting destroyed, governments are going to have to do something,” Schneier said during a keynote speech at the Infosecurity Europe trade show in London.
The choice is between smart (well-informed) or stupid government regulations with the possibility of non-interference getting taken off the table…
#Infosec16: Securing the IoT is the Next Big Challenge, Says Bruce Schneier
“The Internet of Things (IoT) is our next big security challenge and I think it’s the way we are going to be colliding with the real world in interesting ways.”
Speaking at Infosecurity Europe 2016 Bruce Schneier said that securing the IoT is a lot about what we already know, and some of what we don’t know.
“It’s one big inter-connected system of systems with threats, attackers, effects; the IoT is everything we’ve seen now, just turned up to 11 and in a way we can’t turn it off.”
As the IoT becomes more connected it also becomes more physical, invading our lives on an unprecedented scale with more real-world consequences when a breach occurs, and it’s something that we can’t afford to fail to secure, Schneier explained…
InfoSec 2016: Two Worlds Are Colliding, and I Don’t Have the Answer, Says Bruce Schneier
Schneier also sees more government meddling in IoT security as ‘inevitable’
Two drastically different paradigms are colliding together when it comes to the Internet of Things, and it doesn’t bode well for our security, claims security specialist Bruce Schneier.
Schneier explained how IoT-connected devices such as medical devices, which are almost impossible to keep up to date with the latest security defenses, will go at odds against attackers who are continually improving their attack methods, with “catastrophic” consequences.
“As we move to the Internet of Things, where things are less patchable and less high-end, we’re going to have problems,” said Schneier, addressing a keynote audience at …
Bruce Schneier: Governments Have a 'Stark' Lack of Expertise in IoT Security
But government involvement in IoT policies is inevitable, says security expert
Governments lack the expertise to define security policy when it comes to the rapidly growing Internet of Things (IoT), according to Bruce Schneier, security technologist and a member of the Infosecurity Europe Hall of Fame.
Schneier explained that that governments approach topics such as the IoT and cyber security without the technical knowledge to understand the challenges.
“It’s surprising how stark the lack of expertise in tech is in these debates,” he said at Infosecurity Europe in London.
“Expertise in large correlation data bases, algorithmic decision making, IoT, cloud storage and computing, robotics, autonomous agents; these are all things that the government is going to run headlong into and needs to make decisions about…
Rise of the Machines: The Threat Posed by Growing Connectivity
An IT security expert has some dire warnings about our brave new world
Either we start to disconnect our increasingly networked world or we risk daunting social, safety, security and privacy consequences, a leading computer security expert and author has warned.
In an expansive talk directly challenging widely held assumptions about the benefits of computing, networks and the internet, Bruce Schneier told a large audience at this year’s RSA Security Conference in San Francisco that we were moving towards a networked world so complex that we would be unable to safely manage it or adequately grapple with inevitable disasters…
Bruce Schneier: We're Sleepwalking towards Digital Disaster and Are Too Dumb to Stop
Coders and tech bros playing chance with the future
Security guru Bruce Schneier has issued a stark warning to the RSA 2016 conference—get smart or face a whole world of trouble.
The level of interconnectedness of the world’s technology is increasing daily, he said, and is becoming a world-sized web—which he acknowledged was a horrible term—made up of sensors, distributed computers, cloud systems, mobile, and autonomous data processing units. And no one is quite sure where it is all heading.
“The world-sized web will change everything,” he said. “It will cause more real-world consequences, has fewer off switches, and gives more power to the powerful. It’s less being designed than created and it’s coming with no forethought or planning. And most people are unaware that it’s coming.”…
Sidebar photo of Bruce Schneier by Joe MacInnis.