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News Security guru Bruce Schneier has hit out at the trend of blaming staff for security breaches, suggesting it's companies which must always face the strongest criticism. Schneier was responding specifically to an exclusive story on silicon.com last... [21 Feb 2006]
Schneier: 'We shouldn't need a security industry'
News Outspoken author and security guru Bruce Schneier has questioned the very existence of the security industry, suggesting it merely indicates the willingness of other technology companies to ship insecure software and hardware. [26 Apr 2007]
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AS Profile Bruce Schneier appears on this year's Agenda Setters List for his huge influence in the security field. Outspoken as ever, Schneier questioned the very need for a security industry recently - claiming that technology should automatically be secure. [12 Oct 2007]
Q&A: Bruce Schneier, CTO of BT Counterpane
Comment Security expert Bruce Schneier is well-known for his candid views on the security industry - one of the reasons he was named as one of this year's Agenda Setters.silicon.com caught up with Schneier at the RSA Conference Europe 2007 to find out how... [23 Oct 2007]
Cyber-extortion on the rise - but targets the 'fringe'
News Security expert Bruce Schneier has warned that cyber-extortion is on the rise, but gave the caveat that it mainly affects "fringe" industries, such as online gambling, rather than critical national infrastructure organisations. [24 Jan 2008]
Nike+iPod in RFID privacy scare
News Security expert Bruce Schneier has highlighted privacy concerns around the Nike+iPod Sport Kit, a technology that lets people track time and other statistics while running. Pretty clever," Schneier wrote on a blog post titled "Tracking People by... [14 Dec 2006]
'Criminals, not terrorists, pose greatest net threat'
News Security expert Bruce Schneier has warned that talk of cyber terrorism could have a damaging effect on levels of IT security. Schneier said officials claiming that terrorists pose a serious danger to computer networks are guilty of distracting... [24 Nov 2005]
Editor's Blog: Should everybody be a security company?
Comment I've just caught up with acclaimed 'security guru' and self-confessed "media slut" Bruce Schneier. Schneier spoke out about the relevance of an event like InfoSec, branding its very existence "a problem". [25 Apr 2007]
Should security companies be regulated?
News Bruce Schneier, CTO of Counterpane, told silicon.com legislators must force security companies to accept regulation. Microsoft is not in the business of being a charity and that's why its software is buggy," said Schneier, who claimed companies... [19 Oct 2005]
"Two-factor authentication won't stop ID theft"
News Two-factor authentication, or the use of a method in addition to a password to verify identity, could still be defeated by Trojan horses and phishing attacks, Bruce Schneier, a cryptographer and chief technology officer at network protection... [16 Mar 2005]
PGP defect reveals encrypted messages
News If I use this, I get one message - I don't get your (secret) key," said Bruce Schneier, founder and chief technology officer of network protection provider Counterpane Internet Security. Schneier proved the existence of the flaw with Jonathan Katz... [13 Aug 2002]
Biometric passport cracked and cloned
News According to security guru Bruce Schneier, Grunwald's job was made all the more easy by the publication of standards for ePassports on the website of the International Civil Aviation Organisation. The biggest problem, Schneier wrote on his blog, is... [04 Aug 2006]
'Cyberterrorists poised to attack', warns Labour peer
News At another briefing at Infosecurity Europe, security guru Bruce Schneier claimed that cyberterrorism was a myth, promoted by security companies looking to boost their sales. Nobody's getting blown to bits," said Schneier. [28 Apr 2005]
Cyber scouts to scour networks for holes
News Bruce Schneier, the chief technology officer of security firm Counterpane Internet Security, also spoke of the risk of vulnerability assessment worms in a blog earlier this week. For example, SpyBot.KEG is a sophisticated vulnerability assessment... [13 Jun 2005]
Top 10 security stories of the year
News Q&A: Bruce Schneier, CTO of BT Counterpane Security expert Bruce Schneier is well-known for his candid views on the security industry and when silicon.com caught up with him both at the beginning and end of the year, he was as outspoken as ever. [13 Dec 2007]
