Here is an interesting little tidbit with regards to someone talking with Bruce Schneier, who is a pretty authoritative figure in the computer security realm.  It really brings a harsh reality to how the biggest computer security threats will probably not change.  Granted, the technology is getting better and better, but that’s not where the security issue lies.  It lies within the people who buy the technology and either don’t implement it properly, don’t consider the importance of it, and probably most commonly, conflicting policies.

As longtime readers already know, I’m a big fan of Bruce Schneier, CTO and founder of BT Counterpane. Besides being a cryptographic and computer security authority, cryptographic algorithm creator, and author of many best-selling books on security, Bruce produces some of the most relevant conversations on computer security. I consider his books, his Cryptogram newsletter, and his blog must-reads for anyone in computer security.

Bruce is a guy who pushes us to rethink our currently held paradigms. He lays bare unsubstantiated dogma. I don’t always agree with Bruce. But many of the potent ideas that I disagreed with when he espoused them a half decade ago, I find myself agreeing with years later, ideas like how two-factor authentication won’t stop malicious hackers from stealing gobs of money from the online banking industry, and how the biggest problem with security, in general, is us and our irrational ranking of threats.[more]

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