Binary Code

Bruce Schneier’s most excellent newsletter / blog turns 10 this month and to mark the anniversary Bruce expounds on CG’s evolution as determined by changes in technology, politics, and his own savvy:

Over the years, Crypto-Gram’s focus has changed. Initially, it was all cryptography. Then, more computer and network security. Then — especially after 9/11 — more general security: terrorism, airplanes, ID cards, voting machines, and so on. And now, more economics and psychology of security. My career has been a progression from the specific to the general, and Crypto-Gram has generalized to reflect that.

If you’re the sort of person who reads this blog I highly recommend you also either subscribe to Crypto-Gram or add the RSS feed to your reader. Despite the name of it, Bruce’s focus has expanded well beyond just cryptography and into the realm of all facets security-related (also perhaps known as “the theatre of the absurd”). I’m sure you’ll enjoy it.

The best fan mail I get from a reader says something like: “You changed the way I think.” That’s what I want to do. I want to change the way you think about security. I want to change the way you think about threats, and risk, and trade-offs, about security products and services, about security rhetoric in politics. It matters less if you agree with me or disagree, only that you’re thinking differently.