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Bruce Schneier: "IT's Like This..."
News Bruce Schneier is the president of Counterpane Systems and the author of "Applied Cryptography". Thursday Intel Corp.announced that its new processor chips would come equipped with ID numbers, a unique serial number burned into the chip during...
[January 27, 1999, 11:31]
BT buys Bruce Schneier's security company
News Telecommunications giant BT has acquired Counterpane Internet Security, the threat monitoring company founded by security expert Bruce Schneier. Both chief technology officer Schneier and chief executive officer Paul Stich will remain in their...
[October 25, 2006, 12:20]
Vendors, not developers, to blame for poor code
News Computer security expert Bruce Schneier has waded into a debate raging in cyberspace over who is actually to blame for the security flaws that result from poorly coded software. Schneier. Software companies are in the business of making a profit...
[October 20, 2005, 17:05]
InteRosa takes a stab at secure email
News Companies are scared," said security and encryption expert Bruce Schneier, president of Counterpane Systems, who pointed out that the mixed breeding of email has employees shooting themselves in their collective feet.
[September 28, 1999, 17:09]
Security guru urges banks to beat ID theft
News Security expert Bruce Schneier warned this week that the problem can be solved if banks take the right action, and aren't deterred by the cost. Financial institutions make it too easy for a criminal to commit fraudulent transactions, and too...
[October 7, 2005, 16:10]
Schneier on security's 'people problems'
News Identity theft, ID cards and the threat posed by employees were all hot topics at the Infosecurity show in London last week, so we grabbed some time with cryptography expert Bruce Schneier to get his take on the current security landscape.
[May 2, 2006, 15:00]
Schneier: Security vendors exploiting user emotions
News Linux.conf.au kicked off its main proceedings in Melbourne on Wednesday morning with a stark message from security guru Bruce Schneier: "When security companies give you cost justifications, they're complete bullshit.
[January 30, 2008, 11:02]
Schneier questions need for 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.
[April 26, 2007, 11:48]
Schneier on Security review
Reviews ZDNet talks to Bruce Schneier Bruce Schneier first came to public attention in 1993, when he created the encryption algorithm Blowfish, which is still, impressively, in use after much expert examination.
[October 22, 2008, 14:39]
RSA calls for 'thinking' security systems
News However, BT's chief security technology officer Bruce Schneier said, for the foreseeable future, systems still needed to be overseen by humans. According to Schneier, the problem with artificial-intelligence security is systems falsely identifying...
[April 9, 2008, 11:27]
Schneier: ID cards will worsen ID theft
News Security expert Bruce Schneier has slated the UK's ID card scheme, saying that not only will it not solve e-crime, it will also make ID theft worse. Having a single ID is much more dangerous [than multiple IDs]," said Schneier.
[April 27, 2006, 12:50]
Schneier: 'Zero benefit' from US border biometrics
News Security expert and BT chief security-technology officer Bruce Schneier has attacked the US-Visit border-biometrics programme, saying it has had "zero benefit" in terms of security. Speaking to ZDNet UK last week, Schneier said that there was...
[November 4, 2008, 12:02]
Schneier warns about 'security theatre'
News Talking to ZDNet.co.uk at the RSA Conference Europe 2007, security expert Bruce Schneier urges businesses to find trusted advisers when buying security products and services.
[October 26, 2007, 15:54]
Moore's Law is the enemy of privacy
News No stranger to controversy, security expert Bruce Schneier was happy to take a swipe at Moore's Law in front of an audience at the University of Southern California on Tuesday. Schneier, founder and chief technology offier of Counterpane Internet...
[September 29, 2006, 17:40]
ID Card on track says government
Blog BTW Bruce Schneier says we shouldn't get all hot and bothered over ID cards as they are just a temporary technology before unseen biometrics take over http://adonoghue.wordpress.com/2008/10/29/uk-id-card-fuss-is-only-temporary/)
[November 6, 2008, 13:03]
UK ID card fuss is only temporary
Blog That was the warning from security guru and BT chief security office Bruce Schneier who said that in five years or so, people won't have to worry about ID cards anymore. I am not quite convinced about Schneier's time-frame as look at how long its...
[October 29, 2008, 10:00]
Schneier research team cracks TrueCrypt
News Researchers led by BT security expert Bruce Schneier have shown that deniable file systems — designed to hide data so effectively that there is no trace of its existence on a user's system — may not be so deniable after all, due to the...
[July 17, 2008, 12:51]
Schneier: Why are people terrified of Olympics?
Blog Security polymath Bruce Schneier told ZDNet UK that the hype over computer security around Olympics 2012 was "kind of silly". Never one for beating around the bush, Schneier asked whether David Blunkett, who has been giving dire warnings of...
[April 29, 2009, 17:32]
Highlights of the RSA Conference Europe 2007
News Vying to overtake the Infosecurity show as the must-attend event for UK security professionals, the RSA Conference Europe featured speakers including security guru Bruce Schneier. Schneier, founder and chief technical officer of BT Counterpane...
[October 24, 2007, 15:57]
Schneier: Worry about cybercriminals, not terrorists
News Security expert Bruce Schneier has warned that talk of cyberterrorism could have a damaging effect on levels of IT security. Schneier told ZDNet UK on Tuesday that officials claiming that terrorists pose a serious danger to computer networks are...
[November 23, 2005, 12:10]
