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Infosec Influencers: An Interview with Bruce Schneier
This week, as part of our new ‘Infosec Influencer’ series, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Bruce Schneier, an internationally renowned security technologist and one of The State of Security’s Top Influencers in Security You Should Be Following in 2015. He has written 12 books, including Liars and Outliers: Enabling the Trust Society Needs to Thrive, not to mention published hundreds of articles and essays. His blog has is read by over 250,000 people, and he is regularly quoted by the press. Additionally, he regularly testifies before Congress and is an advisory board member for EFF and EPIC, among other organizations…
Is iPhone Banking Safe? An Expert Answers
iPhone and mobile banking can feel like setting foot in the jungle: You don’t know what’s in there, but you suspect a lot of it’s not good. We hear a lot of terms thrown around when it comes to iPhone banking security: 128 bit encryption, two factor authentication, security dongles—and a lot of scary anecdotes about millions of credit card account numbers being stolen from this or that company. Getting to the bottom of whether iPhone banking is safe can be confusing at best. So is iPhone banking safe?
To get a real handle on the question, ‘Is iPhone banking safe?’ we interviewed internet security expert Bruce Schneier, cryptographer, fellow at Harvard’s Berkman Center and the Chief Technology Officer of Resilient Systems. He’s also the author of various books on general security, cryptography and computer security, including the critically acclaimed …
Bruce Schneier: IT Teams Need Cyberattack Response Planning More Than Prevention
Corporate and government IT teams have been rushing to prevent the kind of large-scale cyberattack experienced recently by Sony Pictures, Blue Cross, Anthem, Target, Home Depot and the U.S. Department of the Interior, among others. In each of these cases, hackers from locations around the globe were able to gain access to computer networks housing sensitive information, accounts, and personal data, such as the social security and credit card numbers of consumers and employees. The consequences of such security breaches can be devastating.
"Everyone is hoping that they’re not next," said Bruce Schneier, a security guru and internationally renowned security technologist…
Bruce Schneier: David Cameron's Proposed Encryption Ban Would 'Destroy the Internet'
A highly respected cryptographer and security expert is warning that David Cameron’s proposed ban on strong encryption threatens to "destroy the internet."
Last week, the British Prime Minister told Parliament that he wants to "ensure that terrorists do not have a safe space in which to communicate."
Strong encryption refers to the act of scrambling data in such a way that it cannot be understood by anyone without the correct key or password—even law enforcement with a warrant, or the software manufacturer itself. It’s used in some of the most popular tech products in the world, including the iPhone, WhatsApp messenger, and Facebook…
What’s to Be Done about Data? Q&A with Bruce Schneier
Bruce Schneier has been called a “security guru” by the Economist. He has written 13 books and hundreds of articles, and his influential newsletter Crypto-Gram and his blog Schneier on Security have over 250,000 readers. He has testified before the U.S. Congress, is a frequent guest on television and radio, and has served on several U.S. government committees. Schneier is a fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School, a board member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and the Chief Technology Officer at Resilient Systems…
This Security Expert Reckons Mass Surveillance Doesn't Stop Terror Attacks
This interview originally appeared in French on VICE France.
Today’s terrorist attack in the Rhône-Alpes region of France, involving the decapitation of a man, has been met with widespread horror and condemnation. So have those in Tunisia, killing 28, and another in Kuwait killing 25. These horrific events are sure to fuel discussion about how to stop this kind of atrocity happening again.
Following January’s Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris, the French government decided to expedite a new surveillance law. Two days ago, on Wednesday 24th of June, French officials at the National Assembly gave the green light to that new law. France’s new surveillance law has already been compared to the late American Patriot Act—an American anti-terrorism act passed after 9/11 which was …
Surveillance, Bulk Data Collection and Intelligence: an Interview with Bruce Schneier
Bruce Schneier is an internationally renowned security technologist and the author of 13 books—including ‘Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World’—as well as hundreds of articles, essays, and academic papers. Schneier is a fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School, a program fellow at the New America Foundation’s Open Technology Institute, a board member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an Advisory Board Member of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, and the Chief Technology Officer at …
Bruce Schneier on Privacy and the Data Free-for-All
Over the past two decades, few voices have shouted louder from the rooftops about global cybersecurity and digital privacy concerns than Bruce Schneier. He’s the CTO of Resilient Systems, a board member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and has authored 14 books—his latest, Data and Goliath, was published in March.
As Facebook and Google have infiltrated our every waking moment, Schneier warns that these data giants, if left unchecked, could compromise the very principles of a democratic society. Web companies collect metrics like age, gender and social interests (to serve up better advertisements), while cellular networks track everyone’s geolocation with homing devices we call smartphones. As we’ve seen, smartphones are also powerful proxy surveillance tools for nosy governments…
Audio: What Does It Take To Feel Secure?
Listen to the Audio on NPR.org
Computer security expert Bruce Schneier says there’s a big difference between feeling secure and actually being secure. He explains why we worry about unlikely dangers while ignoring more probable risks.
Transcript
GUY RAZ, HOST:
It’s the TED Radio Hour from NPR. I’m Guy Raz. And on the show today, we’re exploring ideas about Maslow’s hierarchy of human needs, and ranked at number two, security – the second step on the pyramid.
BRUCE SCHNEIER: There’s no other place for it to come. Security is basic. Without security, worrying about anything else doesn’t matter…
What Do You Use to Get Stuff Done?
Who are you, and what do you do?
I’m Bruce Schneier, security technologist. Basically, I think and work in the intersection of security, technology, and people. Most people think of me as a cryptographer, but these days I do more policy than anything else: security policy, privacy policy, the NSA and surveillance. I suppose that’s the natural evolution of things.
Right now I am thinking a lot about catastrophic risk. Technology empowers, for both good and bad. A broad history of "attack" technologies shows trends of empowerment, as individuals wield ever more destructive power. The natural endgame a nuclear bomb in everybody’s back pocket, or a bioprinter that can drop a species. And then what? Is society even possible when the most extreme individual can kill everyone else? Honestly, I don’t know…
Sidebar photo of Bruce Schneier by Joe MacInnis.