This is William Friedman’s highly annotated copy of Herbert Yardley’s book, The American Black Chamber. Powered by WPeMatico
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Here’s a video interview I did at RSA on the Internet of Things and security. Powered by WPeMatico
The New York Times is reporting that the US has been conducting offensive cyberattacks against North Korea, in an effort to delay its nuclear weapons program. EDITED TO ADD (3/8): Commentary. Powered by WPeMatico
Longtime Internet security-policy pioneer Howard Schmidt died on Friday. He will be missed. Powered by WPeMatico
This is my talk at the RSA Conference last month. It’s on regulation and the Internet of Things, along the lines of this essay. I am slowly meandering around this as a book topic. It hasn’t quite solidified yet. Powered by WPeMatico
The Intercept has a long article on the relationship between Palantir Technologies and the NSA, based on the Snowden documents. Powered by WPeMatico
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) published “From Awareness to Action: A Cybersecurity Agenda for the 45th President” (press release here). There’s a lot I agree with — and some things I don’t — but these paragraphs struck me as particularly insightful: The Obama administration made significant progress but suffered from two conceptual … Read More “CSIS's Cybersecurity Agenda” »
Last week, President Trump signed an executive order affecting the privacy rights of non-US citizens with respect to data residing in the US. Here’s the relevant text: Privacy Act. Agencies shall, to the extent consistent with applicable law, ensure that their privacy policies exclude persons who are not United States citizens or lawful permanent residents … Read More “New Rules on Data Privacy for Non-US Citizens” »
Reports are that President Trump is still using his old Android phone. There are security risks here, but they are not the obvious ones. I’m not concerned about the data. Anything he reads on that screen is coming from the insecure network that we all use, and any e-mails, texts, Tweets, and whatever are going … Read More “Security Risks of the President's Android Phone” »
NextGov has a nice article summarizing President Obama’s accomplishments in Internet security: what he did, what he didn’t do, and how it turned out. Powered by WPeMatico