[Am-info] 2002 Trends

[Fred A. Miller]

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Bruce Schneier

The top security trend of 2002 is liability. In 2001, a Federal
judge forced the US Department of the Interior to sever its Internet
connection, because it couldn't adequately protect private data. Other
judges are issuing restraining orders against companies whose networks
were the inadvertent launching pads for attacks. Microsoft sees
this trend; their "responsible disclosure" rhetoric is an attempt
to shift responsibility away from the companies that build insecure
products. Through fairer contracts, insurance arrangements, and
judicial action, accurate responsibilities for security problems will
be apportioned. And many of the existing power balances in security
will topple as a result.

Bruce Schneier is the Chief Technology Officer of Counterpane Internet
Security, Inc., a Managed Security Monitoring company in Cupertino,
CA. He designed the popular Blowfish and Twofish encryption algorithms;
and is the author of six books on security and cryptography, including
the security best seller, "Secrets & Lies: Digital Security in a
Networked World."

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Fred A. Miller
Systems Administrator
Cornell Univ. Press Services
fm@cupserv.org

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