RSA: Bruce Schneier ponders the nature of security

Shaun Nichols
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Industry legend dissects the basis for bad behaviour

Author and security expert Bruce Schneier has been explaining how human nature drives security policies. Schneier said at the 2011 RSA Conference in San Francisco that social structures and som...

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