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Founder and Chief Technical Officer, Counterpane
Internationally-renowned security technologist and author Bruce Schneier is both a Founder and the Chief Technical Officer of Counterpane Internet Security, Inc. the world's leading protector of networked information - the inventor of outsourced security monitoring and the foremost authority on effective mitigation of emerging IT threats. Bruce is responsible for maintaining Counterpane's technical lead in world-class information security technology and its practical and effective implementation. Bruce's security experience makes him uniquely qualified to shape the direction of the company's research endeavors, as well as to act as a spokesperson to the business community on security issues and solutions. Bruce is the author of eight books, including his current best seller, Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly about Security in an Uncertain World, which tackles the problems of security from the small to the large: personal safety, crime, corporate security, national security. Secrets & Lies: Digital Security in a Networked World, which was published in October 2000, has sold 150,000 copies. One of his earlier books, Applied Cryptography, now in its second edition, is the seminal work in its field and has sold over 200,000 copies and has been translated into five languages. He writes the free email newsletter Crypto-Gram, which has over 120,000 readers. He has presented papers at many international conferences, and he is a frequent writer, contributing editor, and lecturer on the topics of cryptography, computer security, and privacy. Bruce designed the popular Blowfish and Twofish encryption algorithms, the latter a finalist for the new Federal Advanced Encryption Standard (AES). Bruce served on the board of directors of the International Association for Cryptologic Research, and is an Advisory Board member for the Electronic Privacy Information Center. Bruce holds an MS degree in computer science from American University and a BS degree in physics from the University of Rochester.
The most recent 12 of 75 entries filed under this blog.
September 29, 2006
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Seems that some squid can hide messages in their skin : In the animal world, squid are masters of disguise. Pigmented skin cells enable them to camouflage themselves—almost instantaneously—from predators. Squid also produce polarized skin patterns by regulating the iridescence of their skin, possibly creating a “hidden communication channel” visible only to animals that are sensitive to polarized ...
September 29, 2006
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"19 Year Old Diebold Technician Wins U.S. Presidency."
September 29, 2006
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Maher Arar is a Syrian-born Canadian citizen. On September 26, 2002, he tried to fly from Switzerland to Toronto. Changing planes in New York, he was detained by the U.S. authorities, and eventually shipped to Syria where he was tortured. He's 100% innocent. (Background here .)
September 28, 2006
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A couple of weeks I ago I wrote about the battle between Microsoft's DRM system and FairUse4WM, which breaks it. The news for this week is that Microsoft has patched their security against FairUseWM 1.2 and filed a lawsuit against the program's anonymous authors, and those same anonymous authors have released FairUse4WM 1.3 , which breaks the latest Microsoft patch.
September 28, 2006
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Torpark is a free anonymous web browser. It sounds good : A group of computer hackers and human rights workers have launched a specially-crafted version of Firefox that claims to give users complete anonymity when they surf the Web. Dubbed "Torpark" and based on a portable version of Firefox 1.5.0.7, the browser will run from a USB drive, so it leaves no installation tracks on the PC. It protects ...
September 12, 2006
It occurs to me that most people here didn't read what I wrote a few days after 9/11, or what I wrote a couple of weeks after that.
September 12, 2006
Story here.
September 12, 2006
If you define "critical infrastructure" as "things essential for the functioning of a society and economy," then software is critical infrastructure. For many companies and individuals, if their computers stop working, they stop working.
September 12, 2006
Wow : For Sale By Owner - The Ultimate Secure Home: Strategically located in the awesome San Juan mountains of Southwest Colorado, this patented steel-reinforced concrete earth home was built to withstand almost any natural or man-made disaster you can name. It is more secure, safe, and functional than any conventional house could ever be, yet still has a level of comfort that one might not expect...
August 24, 2006
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Kobi Alexander fled the United States ten days ago. He was tracked down in Sri Lanka via a Skype call: According to the report, Alexander was located after making a one-minute call via the online telephone Skype service. The call, made from the Sri Lankan capital Colombo, alerted intelligence agencies to his presence in the country. Ars Technica explains :
August 24, 2006
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On Aug. 16, two men were escorted off a plane headed for Manchester, England, because some passengers thought they looked either Asian or Middle Eastern, might have been talking Arabic, wore leather jackets, and looked at their watches -- and the passengers refused to fly with them on board. The men were questioned for several hours and then released.
August 15, 2006
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Department of Homeland Security, Office of the Inspector General, "Review of CBP Actions Taken to Intercept Suspected Terrorists at U.S. Ports of Entry," OIG-06-43, June 2006.