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Ten Risks of PKI: Bruce Schneier debunks the hype in CSI's Winter 2000 Computer Security Journal
SAN FRANCISCO-Throughout the 1990s, wave after wave of enthusiasm about new technologies have deluged the information security marketplace: firewalls, encryption, virtual private networks, intrusion detection-and now, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI). With each technological wave, the job of information security practitioner gets a little bit easier, but serious and systemic problems still exist and will for a long time to come. It is important to take advantage of the latest
breakthroughs, but it is also vital to understand the limitations of these new technologies. In the Winter 2000 issue of the Computer Security Journal (Vol. XVI, No. 1), world-class cryptographer and security expert, Bruce Schneier of Counterpane Systems (www.counterpane.com) along with co-author Carl Ellison, also of Counterpane Systems, offer insightful analysis in "Ten Risks of PKI."
Also in this issue, Genevieve Burns, CISSP, provides a primer on computer crime laws and how your organization should prepare for seemingly inevitable security breaches in "Information Protection and the Laws of the Land: A Seven Step Compliance Program." Rolf Oppliger, Ph.D., of the Swiss Federal Office of Information Technology and Systems (ISB) IT Security Group
elucidates critical World Wide Web security issues involving Secure Socket Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) in "An Overview of SSL and TLS Protocols." Also, Simon Chu, Douglas N. Good, Matthew R. Mamajek and Darren J. Washington of PriceWaterhouseCoopers suggest an approach to the perennial problems of authentication in "Web-based Single Sign-on Solution."
The Computer Security Journal, published quarterly, is one of the many benefits of membership in the Computer Security Institute, such as the 10-page monthly Computer Security Alert. Non-members can purchase individual issues for $25 each. To order, call 415-947-6320. Copyright © 2001, Computer Security Institute, 600 Harrison Street, San Francisco, CA 94107-1370. Telephone: 415-947-6320 Fax: 415-947-6023. Please send us your feedback.
  
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