Talks: 2011 Archives
Video: Security Theater
A video made for a CNN project called the “Ripple Effect,” in which various artists were commissioned to make pieces of art that talk about some of the rippling, less talked about effects of September 11th.
Audio: Cyberwar Rhetoric
Bruce Schneier gave a keynote address at the Computers, Freedom, and Privacy Conference.
Video: Cyberwar
The world is gearing up for cyberwar. The US Cyber Command became operational in November. Nato has enshrined cyber security among its new strategic priorities. The head of Britain’s armed forces said recently that boosting cyber capability is now a huge priority for the UK. And we know China is already engaged in broad cyber espionage attacks against the west. So how can we control a burgeoning cyber arms race? We may already have seen early versions of cyberwars in Estonia and Georgia, possibly perpetrated by Russia. It’s hard to know for certain, not only because such attacks are often impossible to trace, but because we have no clear definitions of what a cyberwar actually is. Do the 2007 attacks against Estonia, traced to a young Russian man living in Tallinn and no one else, count? What about a virus from an unknown origin, possibly targeted at an Iranian nuclear complex? Or espionage from within China, but not specifically directed by its government? To such questions one must add even more basic issues, like when a cyberwar is understood to have begun, and how it ends…
Video: Data is the Pollution of the Information Age
Data is the pollution problem of the information age, says Bruce Schneier, founder and chief technology officer of BT Counterpane.
Video: The Dishonest Minority: Security as Society's Enabler
Security systems divide into two types. In direct security there are distinct attackers and defenders. Societal security ensures we adhere to the social contract with no free riders – attackers and defenders are the same. We’ll explore the uniquely human implications of societal security: how it follows the rise of society and civilization and protects us from the dishonest minority amongst us.
Video: Panel: Cyberwar, Cybersecurity, and the Challenges Ahead
In this keynote panel, explore the complex and evolving issues tied to cybersecurity and conflict in cyberspace in the 21st Century from leading experts in the field. Moderated by Dr. James Lewis of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, this session will include discussion on thresholds for cyberwar, the often confusing terminology used for various types of cyber conflict, and what needs to be done in the international context to secure cyberspace while also deterring the possible escalation of various kinds of cyber attacks and conflict…
Video: Bruce Schneier on Airport Security
Security Expert Bruce Schneier spoke about airport security as the last line of defense against terrorists. He was the keynote speaker at a day-long conference examining the Transportation Security Agency’s use of body scanners and enhanced pat-downs at airports around the country.
Sidebar photo of Bruce Schneier by Joe MacInnis.