SEARCH RESULTS
 
Showing 1-10 of 100 records
 
Expand article

Security Matters: The Seven Habits of Highly Ineffective Terrorists

2008-10-02 04:00:00 by Bruce Schneier in Wired Security
 
...terrorists in the first place. If we're ever going to defeat terrorism, we need to understand what drives people to become terrorists in the first place Conventional wisdom holds that terrorism is inherently political, and that people become terrorists for political reasons. This is the "strategic" model of terrorism, and it's basically an...
 
Tags: ineffective, highly ineffective terrorists, terrorists, people join, people join hamas, people join al-qaida, terrorist organizations, organizations, al-qaida
 
 
 
 
Expand article

The Seven Habits of Highly Ineffective Terrorists

2008-10-07 05:48:53 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...terrorists in the first place. If we're ever going to defeat terrorism, we need to understand what drives people to become terrorists in the first place Conventional wisdom holds that terrorism is inherently political, and that people become terrorists for political reasons. This is the "strategic" model of terrorism, and it's basically an...
 
Tags: ineffective, highly ineffective terrorists, terrorists, people join, people join hamas, people join al-qaida, terrorist organizations, organizations, al-qaida
 
 
 
 
Expand article

Data Mining for Terrorists Doesn't Work

2008-10-10 06:35:43 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...terrorists doesn't work. Here's a good summary: The report was written by a committee whose members include William Perry, a professor at Stanford University; Charles Vest, the former president of MIT; W. Earl Boebert, a retired senior scientist at Sandia National Laboratories; Cynthia Dwork of Microsoft Research; R. Gil Kerlikowske,...
 
Tags: data, synthetic population data, terrorists, program, program enters, research scientist, research, protect, microsoft research
 
 
 
 
Expand article

Chairman Tata Surprised by Tricky Terrorists

2008-12-01 01:29:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
...terrorists entered the hotel through the rear kitchen door. ANNOUNCEMENT TO ALL CHAIRMEN AND CEO's; Terrorists are Tricky. That is their job. They are watching your businesses and will do the opposite to what you expect In the case of the TAJ HOTEL, you made it easy for them. Did nobody in Mumbai ever stop to think that a bad person can go...
 
Tags: security measures, proper security measures, tata, security, security advisor, chairman tata, chairman rata tata, taj, taj hotel
 
 
 
 
Expand article

What do High School Killers and Terrorists Have in Common?

2008-07-20 20:37:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
...terrorists The study talks about the "7 steps" that terrorists take prior to executing an attack. The steps begin with; Surveillance, Acquiring information, Testing security, Acquiring supplies, Appearance of being "out of place", Test run and putting everything into position for the planned attack/strike Is there much that ordinary...
 
Tags: school, school killers, attacks, school attacks, report, terrorists, report suspicious persons, homeland security studies, security
 
 
 
 
Expand article

Nonviolent Activists Are Now Terrorists

2008-10-09 13:07:17 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...terrorists and entered their names and personal information into state and federal databases that track terrorism suspects, the state police chief acknowledged yesterday Why did they do that? Both Hutchins and Sheridan said the activists' names were entered into the state police database as terrorists partly because the software offered...
 
Tags: terrorists, nonviolent activists, activists, police, police chief, terrorists partly, track terrorism suspects, police database, names
 
 
 
 
Expand article

Terrorists and Child Porn, Oh My!

2008-10-22 12:57:17 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...terrorists using child porn : It is thought Islamist extremists are concealing messages in digital images and audio, video or other files Police are now investigating the link between terrorists and paedophilia in an attempt to unravel the system It could lead to the training of child welfare experts to identify signs of terrorist involvement...
 
Tags: terrorists, child porn, child welfare experts, monitor pornographic websites, islamist extremists, movie-plot threat, digital images, terrorist involvement, signs
 
 
 
 
Expand article

Spying on the terrorists

The Article has images
2008-01-20 22:37:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
...terrorists, few stop to consider that domestic terrorist groups such as the Aryan Nation, had and continue to have strong ties to Christianity. Mr. German pointed out the full name of the Aryan Nation is; Church of Jesus Christ-Christian Aryan Nation No matter what church or beliefs they are alligned with, terrorists come in many different...
 
Tags: mike german, german, cameras, surveillance cameras, aryan nation, terrorists, london, london bombings, terrorist
 
 
 
 
Expand article

Terrorists Using Open Wireless Networks

2008-08-01 06:46:41 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...terrorists could have sent the e-mail from anywhere. But life is easier if the police don't raid your apartment EDITED TO ADD (8/1): My wireless network is still open. But, honestly, the terrorists are more likely to use the open network at the coffee shop up the street and around the corner
 
Tags: home wireless network, wireless network, network, police, indian police, terrorists, wireless internet security, apartment, mumbai apartment
 
 
 
 
Expand article

Creating and Entrapping Terrorists

2008-03-05 06:25:43 by schneier in Schneier on Security