Bruce Schneier: The cyberwar arms race is on | Linux Today

Bruce Schneier: The cyberwar arms race is on

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 23, 2015

LinuxCon is about Linux, cloud, and containers, but it’s also about security. In the past year, programmers have been reminded that merely being “open-source” doesn’t mean that your code is safe. Assuming you’re secure is a mistake. Because, as security maven Bruce Schneier explained to the LinuxCon audience via Google Hangouts, we’re in a cyber-arms race.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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