Interviews on Information Security

An Interview with Whitedust Security Portal

April 14, 2005

http://www.whitedust.net/article/16/ By Peter Prickett (Thu, 14 Apr 2005 10:57:40 +0100) As perhaps the first information philosopher, Richard Thieme has become a figurehead among both the cloak and dagger intelligence community and the highly secretive hacker underground. Richard is an institution in the hacker/security conference circuit and his column ‘Islands in the Clickstream’ is syndicated to [...]

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ShmooCon 1.0 a Big Success – a review for Syngress

February 11, 2005

ShmooCon 1.0 a Big Success by Richard Thieme (rthieme@thiemeworks.com), author of Richard Thieme’s Islands in the Clickstream The first ShmooCon worked. Sponsored by the Shmoo Group, known to hackers and security professionals from presentations at Def Con, Toor Con, and other security forums,  ShmooCon was held at the Wardman Park Marriott Hotel in Washington DC [...]

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Mick Bauer of The Linux Journal, Interviews Richard Thieme

December 27, 2004

Interview with Richard Thieme By Mick Bauer on Mon, 2004-12-27 http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7934 Discussing technology, the human experience, homeland security and the future with the author of Islands in the Clickstream. In the field of information security, there are many useful occupations: firewall engineer, policy analyst, auditor and security architect all are popular choices. But what about [...]

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EarthLink: Security from the Inside: A dialogue with EarthLink’s Lisa Ekman and Lisa Hoyt from Secure Business Quarterly

July 15, 2003

EarthLink: Security from the Inside A dialogue with EarthLink’s Lisa Ekman and Lisa Hoyt In a recent conversation with Lisa Ekman, Vice President of Infrastructure Operations, and Lisa Hoyt, Director of Information Security, Richard Thieme explored EarthLink’s comprehensive long-term approach to security, including the necessity of selling security internally to executives, engineers, and the entire [...]

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Security King: An Interview with Whit Diffie

July 1, 2003

An Interview with Whit Diffie by Richard Thieme The Complete Transcript RT: I want to emphasize the deeper context. The world looks differently than it did 30 years ago. So much is located around you in the seventies when public key cryptography was brought forward. The fact that you are now CSO for SUN indicates [...]

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A Conversation with Cristophe Huygens, CTO of MSSP Ubizen, Top Gun in the Cockpit of the SOC

August 17, 2002

Top Gun on the SOC in Info Sec Mag August 2002 Top Guns When mind and machine meet in the cockpit of a SOC. BY Richard Thieme and Andrew Briney Blinking lights. Bells and whistles. Frosted glass windows. Big-screen LCDs projecting fancy UI’s, colorful pie charts and streaming binary. You expect eye candy when you [...]

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Howard Schmidt Goes to War: An Interview with Howard Schmidt

May 1, 2002

Howard Schmidt Goes to War An Interview with Howard Schmidt May 2002 Howard Schmidt The new vice chairman of the Critical Infrastructure Protection Board aims to keep cybersecurity a top priority in the post-9/11 world. BY Richard Thieme Q:You were recently named vice chairman of the Critical Infrastructure Protection Board, but you’ve said that Richard [...]

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IDS Den Mother: An Interview with Becky Bace

April 1, 2002

This is the interview edited for Information Security Magazine. The original conversation was so dense with Bacian insights and worthwhile observations that I am presenting it in its entirety as well. The IDS Den Mother Becky Bace has made a security career out of building communities to overcome technical challenges. An Interview with Becky Bace [...]

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Automating Cyber Defenses: A Round Table with Bishop, Cheswick, Porras and Jackson

March 15, 2002

March 2002 Roundtable Automating Cyber Defenses Four of infosec’s cutting-edge thinkers examine how intelligent systems might be made to analyze, understand and automatically respond to attacks. MATT BISHOP (bishop@cs.ucdavis.edu ) is an associate professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of California, Davis. He serves on the executive committee of the National [...]

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More Than Human: A Conversation with Bob Weaver for Secure Business Quarterly

November 16, 2001

More Than Human: The Network is More Than the Sum of its Parts when Disaster Hits by Richard Thieme A friend who immersed himself in the study and practice of karate left the late show at the movies one night and turned a corner toward his car. A hand came out of the darkness and [...]

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The ECTF Comes of Age: An Interview with Bob Weaver of the USSS

November 2, 2001

Bob Weaver and the Electronic Crimes Task Force November 2001 BOB WEAVER From the rubble of the twin towers, the Electronic Crimes Task Force chief rededicates himself to “serving the servers.” BY RICHARD THIEME The events U.S. Secret Service agent Bob Weaver witnessed from his office in the World Trade Center on Sept. 11 rekindled [...]

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Chief Cypherpunk: An Interview with Ian Goldberg

October 5, 2001

Chief Cypherpunk October 2001 Q&A WITH IAN GOLDBERG Crypto star Ian Goldberg moved from academia to industry, but his passion remains “to live in a world where I can communicate securely and privately.” INTERVIEWED BY RICHARD THIEME Q: You’ve been chief scientist at Zero-Knowledge Systems since 1998. What exactly does the chief scientist do? A: I do [...]

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Keeping the Lights On: An Interview with Lou Leffler of the NAERC

August 27, 2001

Interview with Lou Leffler, Program Director, NAERC (North American Electric Reliability Council) Interviewed by Richard Thieme This is the transcript of the original interview which was not included by Information Security Magazine as a sidebar to the interview with Ron Dick. I think Leffler’s insights are worth noting so the transcript is presented here. Whatever [...]

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Center of Attention: An Interview with Ron Dick

August 5, 2001

Center of Attention An Interview with Ron Dick of NIPC Career FBI agent Ronald Dick has been given the mission of maturing the scope and capabilities of the National Infrastructure Protection Center. INTERVIEWED BY RICHARD THIEME Acoompanying this Article . . . interviews with Stash Jarocki of the Financial Services-ISAC and Lou Leffler of the [...]

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Interview with Stanley “Stash” Jarocki

August 1, 2001

Interview with Stanley “Stash” Jarocki, Board Member of the Financial Services ISAC Interviewed by Richard Thieme This is the transcript of the original interview which was significantly edited and reduced by Information Security Magazine as a sidebar to the interview with Ron Dick. I think Jarocki’s insights are worth preserving so the entire transcript is [...]

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What Insurance Can — and Can’t — Do for Security Risks: An Interview for Secure Business Quarterly

July 27, 2001

Looking for Light in the Fog of War: What Insurance Can — and Can’t — Do for Security Risks by Richard Thieme The “fog of war” is a metaphor for the lack of clarity in any competitive arena due to a shortage of good information. When we try to quantify risk, we enter that fog. [...]

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A Mentor’s Mantra: An Interview with Stephen Northcutt

May 2, 2001

A Mentor’s Mantra May 2001 Q&A WITH STEPHEN NORTHCUTT Former Navy man Stephen Northcutt has new marching orders: Train the defenders to think like their attackers. INTERVIEWED BY RICHARD THIEME Q:How did you get to SANS? A:I’ve worked for the Department of Defense for most of my adult life. I was in the uniformed Navy [...]

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Profile of a Profiler: An Interview with Bill Tafoya

April 2, 2001

PROFILE OF A PROFILER April 2001 An Interview with BILL TAFOYA Best known for creating an accurate profile of the Unabomber, retired FBI agent Bill Tafoya now works on identifying “the hollow men of hackerdom.” INTERVIEWED BY RICHARD THIEME Q:You’re known as a “police futurist.” What do you anticipate in terms of police work and [...]

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We Are the Freedom People: An Interview with Jennifer Granick

March 1, 2001

We’re the Freedom People March 2001 An Interview with  WITH JENNIFER GRANICK Attorney Jennifer Granick has made a career out of defending the “little guys”–a mission that takes on added dimension in her new post at Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society. INTERVIEWED BY RICHARD THIEME BioLines >05.93 Graduated from Hastings Law School, [...]

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CyberSecurity Czar: An Interview with Richard Clarke

February 1, 2001

CyberSecurity Czar An Interview with Richard Clarke February 2001 RICHARD CLARKE has been America’s de facto Security Czar for the past eight years. Facing an uncertain future in the new Bush administration, Clarke reflects on the state of national security–and his roll in bolstering it. EDITOR’S NOTE: Richard Clarke is the first U.S. coordinator for [...]

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All Geered Up: An Interview with Dan Geer

October 27, 2000

ALL GEERED UP:  AN INTERVIEW WITH DAN GEER Dan Geer, @Stake CTO and the new president of USENIX, muses about privacy, security culture and the importance of self-reliance in the age of ubiquitous networks. INTERVIEWED BY RICHARD THIEME Editor’s Note: Dr. Dan Geer, chief technology officer of @Stake, was recently elected president of the USENIX [...]

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Computer Security is No Sure Thing

July 31, 2000

Computer Security Is No Sure Thing Richard Thieme Originally published by Forbes Digital (forbes.com) on July 31, 2000. copyright (c) 2000 Forbes.com.  All rights reserved. Two-thirds of the way through the process of writing his new book on computer security, cryptographer, mathematician and computer security guru Bruce Schneier made a horrifying discovery. He was writing [...]

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Battle Zone: An Interview with Bruce Schneier

June 1, 2000

BATTLE ZONE: AN INTERVIEW WITH BRUCE SCHNEIER Bruce Schneier wrote The Book on applied cryptography…literally. Now he’s throwing his hat into the managed security services… …Battle Zone INTERVIEWED BY RICHARD THIEME Q: Your new enterprise focuses broadly on computer security, not just cryptography. How do you define a ‘secure system?’ A: That’s the key question. [...]

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Banker’s Trust: An Interview with Guy Tallent

April 1, 2000

BANKER’S TRUST: AN INTERVIEW WITH WITH GUY S. TALLENT Identrus’s CEO has a talent for running the financial  industry’s electronic trust infrastructure. INTERVIEWED BY RICHARD THIEME Q: What does Identrus provide that is truly unique? A: Through its banking partners, Identrus provides universal signing and legal enforcement capabilities to corporations engaging in business-to-business e-commerce. For [...]

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Uncompromising Position: An Interview About Privacy with Richard Smith

January 2, 2000

UNCOMPROMISING POSITION: AN INTERVIEW WITH RICHARD M. SMITH Where online privacy is in jeopardy, code sniffer Richard  M. Smith has been there to uncover it. INTERVIEWED BY RICHARD THIEME Q: How did you come to work in computer security? A: I was CEO of PharLap Software until September 1999, and am still co-owner. For the [...]

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Designing the Future

October 11, 1999

Designing the Future by Richard Thieme Former hackers are designing the landscape of the future. Once shaped by their interaction with a technology that now defines the global business environment, they illuminate the contours of that landscape for business and government clients. But do hackers provide more value than traditional security consultants? If so, what [...]

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Risky Business: An Interview with John Sekevitch

May 27, 1999

RISKY BUSINESS: AN INTERVIEW WITH JOHN SEKEVITCH BY RICHARD THIEME As VP of Secure Computing’s Professional Services unit, John Sekevitch fends off security threats with one hand…and controversy with the other. Q: Assuring clients of information security is like proving a negative. How do you assure clients it has been achieved? A: We are seldom [...]

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Cyborg Creep

February 6, 1999

By Richard Thieme Wearable computers and ubiquitous wireless environments will undermine independence and compromise security. “1984 was a beta version of what’s coming next.”–Chris Esposito, Boeing Today’s threats to security and privacy will seem tame by comparison to those of the next millennium, when we are living and working in ubiquitous wireless networks, where home, [...]

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