Talks: 2016 Archives
Video: Security and Privacy in a Hyper-Connected World
We have created a world where information technology permeates our economies, social interactions, and intimate selves. The combination of mobile, cloud computing, the Internet Things, persistent computing, and autonomy is resulting in something altogether different—a world-sized web. This World-Sized Web promises great benefits, but it is also vulnerable to a host of new threats from users, criminals, corporations, and governments. These threats can now result in physical damage and even death.
In this talk, Bruce Schneier takes a retrospective look back at what we have learned from past attempts to secure these systems. He also pushes us forward to consider seriously what technologies, laws, regulations, economic incentives, and social norms we will need to secure them in the future…
Video: Testimony on “Understanding the Role of Connected Devices in Recent Cyber Attacks”
Bruce Schneier testified before two U.S. House of Representatives subcommittes at a joint hearing on “Understanding the Role of Connected Devices in Recent Cyber Attacks.” Other witnesses were Dale Drew of Level 3 Communications and Kevin Fu of Virta Labs and the University of Michigan.
Video: Security in the World-Sized Web
Information technology permeates all aspects of our lives. The combination of mobile, cloud computing, the IoT, persistent computing and autonomy are resulting in a World-Sized Web with great benefits but is vulnerable to a host of new threats. This talk looks at attempts to secure these systems and at technologies, laws, regulations, economic incentives and social norms we need to secure them in the future.
Video: Bruce Schneier on Security and Privacy in the World-Sized Web
We’ve created a world where information technology permeates our economies, social interactions, and intimate selves. The combination of mobile, cloud computing, the Internet of Things, persistent computing, and autonomy are resulting in something different. This World-Sized Web promises great benefits, but is also vulnerable to a host of new threats. Threats from users, criminals, corporations, and governments. Threats that can now result in physical damage and even death. This talk looks back at what we’ve learned from past attempts to secure these systems, and forward at what technologies, laws, regulations, economic incentives, and social norms we need to secure them in the future…
Video: Security & Privacy in the World Sized Web
Bruce Schneier gave the Deirdre G. Martin Memorial Lecture on Privacy Law on February 17, 2016 at the University of Ottawa.
Video: Why We Should Reform Surveillance Policies
You are under surveillance right now.
Your cell phone provider tracks your location and knows who’s with you. Your online and in-store purchasing patterns are recorded, and reveal if you’re unemployed, sick, or pregnant. Your e-mails and texts expose your intimate and casual friends. Google knows what you’re thinking because it saves your private searches. Facebook can determine your sexual orientation without you ever mentioning it.
The powers that surveil us do more than simply store this information. Corporations use surveillance to manipulate not only the news articles and advertisements we each see, but also the prices we’re offered. Governments use surveillance to discriminate, censor, chill free speech, and put people in danger worldwide. And both sides share this information with each other or, even worse, lose it to cybercriminals in huge data breaches…
Video: Talk on Strategies for Combating Cyber-Terrorism
The Boston Global Forum held a 60-minute dialogue with Bruce Schneier on Sony and the future of cyber conflict.
Sidebar photo of Bruce Schneier by Joe MacInnis.