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Video: AshbrookLIVE #14 – Bruce Schneier
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A Vast Cyberattack on the USA: Russian hackers put the US federal government at “grave risk”. The Fortune 500 too. Cyber master Bruce Schneier lays out the depth of the debacle.
Audio: How Your Digital Footprint Makes You the Product
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You have probably heard the saying: “If you are not paying for the product, you ARE the product”. Nowhere is this more acute than on the internet when our personal data is collected, analyzed and used to persuade us to buy products or ideas, many times without our explicit knowledge or permission. Our guest Bruce Schneier, a renowned security technologist, author and Berkman Klein Center fellow at Harvard has said: “On the internet data is power, to the extent the powerless have access to it, they gain in power, to the extent the already powerful have access to it, they further consolidate their power.”…
Video: Hack in the Box Security Conference Keynote Interview
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For this keynote, Bruce gave attendees the chance to pick his brain and have him answer their burning questions live. Bruce chose 10 of the questions to answer on the future of our ever changing cyber security landscape.
Video: Election Security: Securing the Vote While Securing the System
Discussion on how voting machines are inherently vulnerable—what can and should be done to make them safer—to adhere to the ‘Gold Standard’ of paper ballots used in many states across the US in this election. Further discussion on hacking, audits and International bad actors trying to infiltrate state election databases as well as old voting machines that are vulnerable to attack and manipulation. An open and frank discussion with a ‘security guru’ with decades of experience on how we can keep America’s democratic process of voting safe and secure. …
#ISC2Congress: Modern Security Pros Are Much More than Technologists, Says Bruce Schneier
Speaking in the opening keynote of the virtual (ISC)2 Security Congress, renowned security technologist and best-selling author Bruce Schneier discussed the public-interest aspects of technology.
In particular, he explored the ethics of data privacy and security, whilst also outlining how today’s cybersecurity professionals are more than technologists; the work they do affects society as a whole.
“In cybersecurity, government access to encrypted communications has been the subject of a 25-year long debate. On the one side, there are police claiming they are going dark and need access to encrypted data in order to solve crimes. On the other side, security experts say it is impossible to provide that access without making systems insecure.”…
Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World (Review)
Data and Goliath by Bruce Schneier is an eye-opening look into the secret operations of our country’s surveillance operations. Through his analysis of the classified information leaked by former CIA contractor, Edward Snowden, Bruce breaks down the impacts that mass surveillance is having on society. He brings immense insights into how government and societies need to rectify the power imbalance and work to restore privacy and trust. While many of Bruce’s recommendations involve broad, overarching changes to legislation, there are several principles that security professionals can adopt to do our part—such as building resilience into our systems and processes; fixing vulnerabilities; upholding trust; and not subverting products or standards…
Audio: Ballot Question 1: Risks & Regulations Regarding Right to Repair
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Join Hubwonk host Joe Selvaggi and security technologist Bruce Schneier as they discuss risks associated with car telematics as well as how best to ensure public safety in the future of the internet of everything.
Audio: We Live in a Security and Privacy World that Science Fiction Didn’t Predict
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Bruce Schneier was interviewed by David Quisenberry and John L. Whiteman on the podcast of the Open Web Application Security Project’s Portland, Oregon chapter.
How Amazon and Walmart Could Fix IoT Security
Bruce Schneier Says Pressure on Retailers Could Fix Insecure IoT Supply Chains
IoT devices can be made cheaply and quickly. But as a result, they may lack adequate security features.
There’s been a global effort by countries, standards organizations and corporations to improve the state of IoT security through voluntary baseline standards. Connected devices suffer from a range of issues, including insecure default configurations when they’re sold as well as inconsistent patching by vendors.
But an IoT device isn’t just one product. It’s an assembly of components that come from a variety of manufacturers made in a variety of places. A security problem could be rooted in any of those components…
Sidebar photo of Bruce Schneier by Joe MacInnis.