Bruce Schneier
Bruce Schneier
Bruce Schneieris an American cryptographer, computer security and privacy specialist, and writer. He is the author of several books on general security topics, computer security and cryptography...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth15 January 1963
CountryUnited States of America
mark people respected
Mark is one of the more respected people out there doing this kind of work,
learning people complaining
Microsoft knows that reliable software is not cost effective. According to studies, 90% to 95% of all bugs are harmless. They're never discovered by users, and they don't affect performance. It's much cheaper to release buggy software and fix the 5% to 10% of bugs people find and complain about.
worry people news
I tell people if it's in the news don't worry about it. Because by definition news is something that almost never happens.
people machines target
Only amateurs attack machines; professionals target people.
believe people magic
People don't understand computers. Computers are magical boxes that do things. People believe what computers tell them.
people important needs
Societies without a reservoir of people who don't follow the rules lack an important mechanism for societal evolution. Vibrant societies need a dishonest minority; if society makes its dishonest minority too small, it stifles dissent as well as common crime.
security-systems people world
A colleague once told me that the world was full of bad security systems designed by people who read Applied Cryptography
sacrifice technology people
The more we expect technology to protect us from people in the same way it protects us from nature, the more we will sacrifice the very values of our society in futile attempts to achieve this security.
water people trying
Trying to make bits uncopyable is like trying to make water not wet. The sooner people accept this, and build business models that take this into account, the sooner people will start making money again.
security-systems people links
People often represent the weakest link in the security chain and are chronically responsible for the failure of security systems.
country media people
Terrorism isn't a crime against people or property. It's a crime against our minds, using the death of innocents and destruction of property to make us fearful. Terrorists use the media to magnify their actions and further spread fear. And when we react out of fear, when we change our policy to make our country less open, the terrorists succeed -- even if their attacks fail. But when we refuse to be terrorized, when we're indomitable in the face of terror, the terrorists fail -- even if their attacks succeed.
people security hacks
Amateurs hack systems, professionals hack people.
largely measures naturally people response truly work
When people are scared, they need something done that will make them feel safe, even if it doesn't truly make them safer. Politicians naturally want to do something in response to crisis, even if that something doesn't make any sense. But unfortunately for politicians, the security measures that work are largely invisible.
beyond fear security sensibly thinking uncertain
Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly About Security in an Uncertain World.