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Researcher rejects chip-and-PIN flaw 'censorship'

...technology, calling the UK Cards Association's request for their removal "offensive". Ross Anderson, a professor of security engineering at Cambridge University's Computer Laboratory... Read more

29 December, 2010 by Jack Clark

Government promises 'tough' rules for smart meter data

...called the DCC (Data and Communications Company). Cambridge University security expert professor Ross Anderson told ZDNet UK on Tuesday that the DCC would be running... Read more

10 April, 2012

BCS pushes for open healthcare data

...have a patchwork quilt [of systems]." Cambridge University professor of security engineering Ross Anderson told ZDNet UK on Friday that open APIs would not be... Read more

24 September, 2010 by Tom Espiner

UK passport gets a redesign to fight fraudsters

...Office) There are still ways around the passport's security, according to Ross Anderson, professor of security engineering at Cambridge University. "If I want to... Read more

25 August, 2010 by Nick Heath

Microsoft launches personal health record site

...private sector health organisation's privacy commitment was questioned on Tuesday by Ross Anderson, professor of security engineering at Cambridge University. Anderson said that institutions... Read more

22 June, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Poor password standards hit web, say researchers

...security sites will put stronger ones at risk, said the researchers. Professor Ross Anderson of Cambridge University said that password authentication needs adequate standards. "Most... Read more

8 June, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Gov't mydata apps plan raises privacy concerns

...third parties as much as possible by removing identifying names and numbers, Ross Anderson, professor of security engineering at Cambridge University, said it was difficult... Read more

15 April, 2011 by Nick Heath

Legislation needed to 'prevent DRM and patent abuses'

...technology and media companies from abusing patents and digital rights management applications. Ross Anderson, professor of security engineering at Cambridge University, told the All Party... Read more

3 February, 2006 by Graeme Wearden

Security guru wants access to bug databases

Security expert Ross Anderson has called for empirical research to be conducted into whether open... Read more

21 April, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Anger over EC medical data-sharing scheme

...cannot take or what existing conditions they already have. But according to Ross Anderson, a Cambridge University security engineering professor and longstanding critic of the... Read more

26 January, 2007 by David Meyer

NHS IT project will face inquiry

...Thursday to discuss their concerns about the National Programme for IT. Professor Ross Anderson of Cambridge University attended last week's meeting, where he expressed... Read more

24 April, 2006 by Graeme Wearden and Tom Espiner

Open source developers provide 'glimmer of hope'

A software design expert claims that software quality is declining everywhere except in the open source world, but others insist that proprietary software is just as good as the alternative Read more

22 April, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Reports predict IT security spending will skyrocket

Recent reports indicate that the IT security market is making huge gains in spending. See what this could mean for IT pros Read more

24 February, 2003 by John McCormick

Banks seeking to gag crypto research

...asked three cryptography experts based in Cambridge to act as defence witnesses: Ross Anderson of the Cambridge Computer Laboratory, and his students, Richard Clayton and... Read more

21 February, 2003 by Matt Loney

Mobile phones: Jack Straw is wrong - BT Cellnet

...and suggestions from the mobile phone industry." Security expert and Cambridge professor Ross Anderson does not believe mobiles are stolen simply for sale: "Many mobile... Read more

11 January, 2001 by Graeme Wearden

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