The market can't - and won't - deal with IT security, it must be regulated, argues Bruce Schneier

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Regulate the security practices of companies that store data, fine them if they fail to comply and let people sue if companies spill personal information, argues Schneier

Security guru Bruce Schneier has argued that the only way to force companies to take IT security more seriously is via Sarbanes-Oxley-style regulation, or a US equivalent of the European Union's Ge...

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