Collaborate Disseminate
From a FOIA request, over a hundred old NSA security awareness posters. Here are the BBC’s favorites. Here are Motherboard’s favorites. I have a related personal story. Back in 1993, during the first Crypto Wars, I and a handful of other academic cryptographers visited the NSA for some meeting or another. These sorts of security awareness posters were everywhere, but… Continue reading NSA Security Awareness Posters
Billy Boatright, Edward Miro, & Jayson Street
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Enterprise News
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SE Village Interviews: Chris Kirsch & Micah Zenko
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Security News: September 12, 2019
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Eli Sugarman of the Hewlettt Foundation laments about the sorry state of cybersecurity imagery: The state of cybersecurity imagery is, in a word, abysmal. A simple Google Image search for the term proves the point: It’s all white men in hoodies hovering menacingly over keyboards, green "Matrix"-style 1s and 0s, glowing locks and server racks, or some random combination of… Continue reading Wanted: Cybersecurity Imagery
Really interesting first-hand experience from Maciej Cegłowski…. Continue reading Lessons Learned Trying to Secure Congressional Campaigns
There are lots of articles about there telling people how to better secure their computers and online accounts. While I agree with some of it, this article contains some particularly bad advice: 1. Never, ever, ever use public (unsecured) Wi-Fi such as… Continue reading Bad Consumer Security Advice
There are lots of articles about there telling people how to better secure their computers and online accounts. While I agree with some of it, this article contains some particularly bad advice: 1. Never, ever, ever use public (unsecured) Wi-Fi such as the Wi-Fi in a café, hotel or airport. To remain anonymous and secure on the Internet, invest in… Continue reading Bad Consumer Security Advice
Interesting research: "Dancing Pigs or Externalities? Measuring the Rationality of Security Decisions": Abstract: Accurately modeling human decision-making in security is critical to thinking about when, why, and how to recommend that users ado… Continue reading Measuring the Rationality of Security Decisions