Presented at
The Fifth HOPE (2004),
July 9, 2004, noon
(60 minutes)
Since 9/11, we have the Patriot Act, tighter screening at airports, a
proposed national ID card system, a color-coded national alert system,
irradiated mail, and a Department of Homeland Security. But do all of
these things really make usany less vulnerable to another terrorist
attack? Security expert Bruce Schneier evaluates the systems that we
have in place post-9/11, revealing which of them actually work and which
ones are simply "security theater." Learn why most security measures
don't work and never will, why bad security is worse than noneat all,
and why strong security means learning how to fail well. Most of all,
learn how you can take charge of your own security - personal, family,
corporate, and national.
Presenters:
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Bruce Schneier
Bruce Schneier is both a founder and the chief technical officer of Counterpane Internet Security, Inc. which provides managed security monitoring services to organizations worldwide. Bruce is the author of six books, including Secrets & Lies: Digital Security in a Networked World and Applied Cryptography, now in its second edition and the seminal work in its field which has sold over 150,000 copies and been translated into five languages. He writes the free e-mail newsletter Crypto-Gram, which has over 70,000 readers. Bruce has presented papers at many international conferences and he is a frequent writer, contributing editor, and lecturer on the topics of cryptography, computer security, and privacy. He also designed the popular Blowfish encryption algorithm. His Twofish was a finalist for the new federal Advanced Encryption Standard (AES). Bruce served on the board of directors of the International Association for Cryptologic Research and is an Advisory Board member for the Electronic Privacy Information Center. He holds an MS degree in computer science from American University and a BS degree in physics from the University of Rochester.
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