No. 48 Ross Anderson, academic
Last year's position: Not placed
Cambridge University cryptography researcher Ross Anderson is a respected voice within the IT security industry and something of a thorn in the side of anybody who would ever take risks with public encryption.Anderson is singled out by the Agenda Setters panel as a name likely to be associated with concerns over the integrity of data within the UK biometric ID card rollout, a project whose impact will be felt through the IT industry. A vote of no confidence from Anderson will reverberate through the industry and Whitehall.
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