Last updated on: 11/13/2007 | Author: ProCon.org

Bruce Schneier, MS Biography

Title:
Founder and Chief Technical Officer at Counterpane Internet Security, Inc.
Position:
None Found to the question "Is the ACLU Good for America?"
Reasoning:

No position found as of Sep. 2006

Theoretical Expertise Ranking:
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Individuals and organizations that do not fit into the other star categories.
Involvement and Affiliations:
  • Founder and Chief Technical Officer, Counterpane Internet Security, Inc.
  • Publishes a free monthly newsletter, Crypto-Gram
  • Frequent writer, contributing editor, and lecturer on the topics of cryptography, computer security, and privacy
  • Advisory Board, Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
  • Former Member, Board of Directors, International Association for Cryptologic Research
  • Designed the popular Blowfish and Twofish encryption algorithms, the latter a finalist for the new Federal Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)
Education:
  • MS, Computer Science, American University
  • BS, Physics, University of Rochester
Other:
  • Frequent writer, contributing editor, and lecturer on the topics of cryptography, computer security, and privacy