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Video: Screening the TSA
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But the question is: is everything we go through at checkpoints actually making us safer? Security expert Bruce Schneier says no. He says much of it is just "security theater."
"It’s a phrase I coined for security measures that look good, but don’t actually do anything," he explained.
Schneier, who has been an adviser to TSA but also its most persistent thorn-in-the-side, says there are too many silly rules.
Take the baggies for liquids, which became a rule in 2006 when British authorities uncovered a plot to bring liquid bombs on board airliners headed for the U.S.: Schneier says the liquid limits may make us feel safe, but do little to stop terrorists…
Video: 3 Qüestions: Bruce Schneier
Bruce Schneier és considerat internacionalment com un gurú de la seguretat informàtica. Va fundar, i actualment dirigeix, la divisió tecnològica de la companyia BT Counterpane, especialitzada en serveis de seguretat informàtica. Citat habitualment als mitjans de comunicació, Schneier ha escrit nombrosos articles a la premsa i ha testificat diverses vegades sobre seguretat al Congrés dels Estats Units.
Note: in this video, the questions are in Spanish but Bruce Schneier’s responses are in English.
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.
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…
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.
Audio: Does the Security Industry Have a Future?
Bruce Schneier and Peter Schoof of ebizQ 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.
Listen to the Audio on ebizQ.net
Transcript
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. …
Audio: The Halfway House Between Science and Secrets
A recent National Research Council report recognizes that the 9/11 attacks provoked counter-productive security measures that stifle access to fruitful scientific research. Security expert Bruce Schneier talks with Science Progress about the science that makes us smarter and the security that makes us safer.
Listen to the Audio on ScienceProgress.org
Transcript
Earlier this month the National Research Council released a Congressionally-mandated report, ‘Science and Security in a Post 9/11 World,’ which recognizes that the 9/11 attacks provoked a …
Video: Schneier: Bad News Is Good News, Not So for Security
While the media bombards consumers with frightening stories, discussions about security are thwarted by the failure of language to separate the “feeling” and “reality” of security, says security guru Bruce Schneier.
Schneier, author of Applied Cryptography and his most recent book Beyond Fear, reckons there is a fundamental problem with the way humans think about security. And its roots can be drawn back to a failure of language.
“‘Security’ is a complicated word,” Schneier told ZDnet.com.au at linuxconf08.
“You can feel secure and there’s the reality of security—how secure you are. And they’re different things. You can …
Audio: Interview with Bruce Schneier
In a 14 minute interview, BT Counterpane’s Bruce Schneier shares some insightful words about privacy along with interesting commentary about ethics, cybersecurity and blogging.
Sidebar photo of Bruce Schneier by Joe MacInnis.