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The Center for Strategic Information Technology and Security and the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) will be hosting a presentation by Bruce Schneier, internationally recognized security technologist and author, in Minneapolis, January 14, 2008. Schneier's presentation is titled "The Economics of Information Security - 10 Trends."
Date: January 14, 2008
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Place: Bell Museum Auditorium, University of Minnesota, Mpls, MN
Parking: Visit http://www.bellmuseum.org/hours.html for directions and parking information.
NOTE: Please RSVP to OWASP through this link to reserve your seat for the event.
In his newest book, the well known security guru goes beyond cryptography and network security to challenge our post-9/11 national security practices. Here are some teasers:
- "We're seeing so much nonsense after 9/11, and so many people are saying things about security, about terrorism that just makes no sense."
- "Homeland security measures are an enormous waste of money."
- "The system didn't fail in the way the designers expected."
- "Attackers exploit the rarity of failures."
- "More people are killed every year by pigs than by sharks, which show you how good we are at evaluating risk."
- "When the U.S. Government says that security against terrorism is worth curtailing individual civil liberties, it's because the cost of that decision is not borne by those making it."
- "...people make bad security trade-offs when they're scared."
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