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Amy Zegart on Spycraft in the Internet Age

Schneier on Security

Amy Zegart has a new book: Spies, Lies, and Algorithms: The History and Future of American Intelligence. Now everyone is racing for insight and the internet gives them tools to do it. The third challenge posed by emerging technologies strikes at the heart of espionage: secrecy. I have not yet read the book.

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5 pro-freedom technologies that could change the Internet

Malwarebytes

After a good start, the Internet-enabled, technological revolution we are living through has hit some bumps in the road. To celebrate Independence Day we want to draw your attention to five technologies that could improve life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness on the Internet. DNS encryption. Onion networking.

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New Book Announcement: Click Here to Kill Everybody

Schneier on Security

I am pleased to announce the publication of my latest book: Click Here to Kill Everybody: Security and Survival in a Hyper-connected World. This is a book about technology, and it's also a book about policy. My aim is to discuss what a regulated Internet might look like before one is thrust upon us after a disaster.

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New Book Coming in September: "Click Here to Kill Everybody"

Schneier on Security

My next book is still on track for a September 2018 publication. What a Secure Internet+ Looks Like 8. How We Can Secure the Internet+ 9. How to Engender Trust on the Internet+. Conclusion: Technology and Policy, Together. It also needs to telegraph: "everyone needs to read this book."

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BOOK REVIEW: ‘Security Yearbook’ preserves cybersecurity history — highlights tectonic shift

The Last Watchdog

Companies today spent vast amounts on incredibly sophisticated defenses, such as next-gen firewalls , EDR , DLP and IDS technologies that generate oceans of threat feeds pouring into artificially intelligent SIEMs , UEBAs and other analytics platforms. Then along came cloud computing and the Internet of Things. You see it everywhere.”

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Books Worth Your Time (Q4)

Adam Shostack

This is unhappy news for Huawei, but more importantly, as cyber is now treated as a “fifth domain” and there are no norms of conflict, bad news for technology in general. It’s bad news for the makers of important technology, who are now subject to attacks by nation states. Cult of the Dead Cow , Joseph Menn.

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Technology and Policymakers

Schneier on Security

Technology is now deeply intertwined with policy. It's all changing fast; technology is literally creating the world we all live in, and policymakers can't keep up. The answer requires a deep understanding of both the policy tools available to modern society and the technologies of AI. Today, it's a crisis.