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Bruce Schneier
Publication date: Dec 14, 2010 3:10:40 PM
Start:
Dec 7, 2009 4:30:00 PM
End:
Dec 7, 2009 6:00:00 PM
Location: JZ Young Lecture Theatre, Anatomy Building, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT
Bruce Schneier is an internationally renowned security technologist,
described by The Economist as a security ‘guru’.
Biography
He is the author of
eight books -- including the best sellers Beyond Fear: Thinking
Sensibly about Security in an Uncertain World, Secrets and Lies, and
Applied Cryptography – as well as hundreds of articles and essays in
national and international publications, and many more academic papers.
His influential newsletter Crypto-Gram, and his blog Schneier on Security, are read by more than 250,000 people. He is a frequent guest on television and radio, and is regularly quoted in the press on issues surrounding security and privacy. He has testified before Congress on multiple occasions, and has served on several government technical committees. Schneier is the Chief Security Technology Officer of BT.
This event was co-hosted by UCL
Computer Science and UCL SECReT - the new £17m national centre for PhD
training in security and crime science at University College London,
the first centre of its kind in Europe. The Centre offers the most
comprehensive integrated PhD programme for students wishing to pursue
multidisciplinary security or crime-related research degrees.
