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A Silver Lining in a Gloomy Outlook
We recently sat down with security guru Bruce Schneier to talk about Internet security and, boy, did we get more than what we bargained for.
WITH the advance of new and better cybersecurity technologies, you’d expect the Internet to be a lot safer place for average users.
However, the world-renowned security expert Bruce Schneier paints an entirely different picture—in fact, a pretty gloomy one where no matter what you do to beef up security, it will not be enough. And in the future, things will even get a lot worse.
People tend to think that just because it’s technology, there is some magical solution to solve all the security concerns, Schneier said…
Bruce Schneier Q&A: The Endless Broadening of Security
For Bruce Schneier, the security discipline still evolves and expands. Now he's the one trying to expand it.
In September 2003, CSO published a groundbreaking interview with security guru Bruce Schneier. At the time, Schneier was evolving from cryptographer to general security thinker. An emerging generation of Internet criminals and the new realities of a post-9/11 world were fueling his ideas beyond information security to the broader realm where technology and the physical world interacted. He was beginning to see security as a social science. “Real security means making hard choices,” Schneier said at the time. It’s one of his favorite interviews, and one of ours, too…
Video: Security Experts Bruce Schneier and Ray Stanton on the Human Side of Security
BT’s Bruce Schneier and Ray Stanton talk security with ComputerWeekly.com’s security blogger David Lacey at Infosecurity 2008.
Schneier: Lots of Security Software is "Snake Oil"
Bruce Schneier is one of the foremost experts on cryptography and is a well-known security author and commentator. He is the founder of the managed security services company Counterpane, which was acquired in October 2006 by BT. Schneier sat down with IDG News Service at the Infosec security show in London to talk about the effectiveness of security products and the psychology of security.
Are antivirus products just making money by giving people a “feeling” of security rather than true security?
Schneier: Antivirus is easy. Antivirus products actually work. They have for years. A lot of the software on this show floor is just snake oil, but antivirus does work. You should have an antivirus program. You should have it updated regularly. It doesn’t make you secure, but it gets that bottom layer of the trivial stuff. That’s why. It’s not sufficient but it’s certainly necessary…
Infosecurity Europe Hall of Fame
Bruce Schneier was inducted into the Infosecurity Europe Hall of Fame at Infosecurity Europe 2008.
Audio: Scott Horton Interviews Bruce Schneier
Bruce Schneier, cryptographer, computer security specialist, writer, and author, discusses the Justice Department’s bogus prosecutions of barely-terrorists in the JFK, Ft. Dix, Lackawanna, Miami and other cases, the increasing danger to Americans’ liberties due to the large numbers of new Joint Terrorism Task Forces across the country and their temptation to entrap the innocent, the rise of the domestic security industrial complex, the economics of airline security, information as the answer to the problem of consolidated power, the government’s data mining programs and the death of the Real ID…
Bruce Schneier's New View on Security Theater
Security expert Bruce Schneieris rightly regarded as one of the industry’s most intelligent and insightful participants. He has made substantial personal contributions to the science of cryptology, and has written some of the best books on the subject.
Like many smart people, Schneier is also highly opinionated. Although I have yet to hear a technical opinion from Schneier that I disagree with, some of his nontechnical opinions are—in my opinion—open to debate.
For example, Schneier coined the term “Security Theater” to describe measures that serve to make people feel safer without significantly improving security in any real sense…
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.
Bruce Schneier Shares Security Ideas at Museum
"Security theater" lecture complements photography exhibit showcasing images of fear, safety and liberty in post-9/11 America
Bruce Schneier shared his ideas about the psychology of security, and the need for thinking sensibly about security, in his hometown last week when he gave a lecture at the Weisman Art Museum in the US.
Schneier’s lecture was scheduled in conjunction with an exhibition of photographer Paul Shambroom‘s images of power (Shambroom’s photographs capture scenes in industrial, business, community and military environments.) The association of Schneier’s lecture with the photography exhibit says a lot about how the security guru’s focus has evolved over the years from the bits and bytes of cryptography and computer security to include a more broad examination of personal safety, crime, corporate security and national security…
Does the Security Industry Have a Future?
What follows is a transcript of my discussion with Bruce Schneier, Founder and Chief Technology Officer of BT Counterpane and the well-known Schneier on Security blogger. In this podcast we discuss current vulnerabilities, what the future of the security industry will look like, security industry consolidation, encryption, and finally, the time frame for changes in the industry to come about.
First, what threats do you see that companies need to be most concerned with at this point?
The biggest threat right now is crime. About five years ago, criminals discovered the internet in a big way and whether it’s identity theft which is fraud or denial of service extortion or other attempts to make money, crime is the primary threat on the net and when we’re worried about internet threats, we’re worried about crime…
Sidebar photo of Bruce Schneier by Joe MacInnis.