Abstract :
Gary McGraw interviews Steve Bellovin, professor of computer science at Columbia University and CTO of the Federal Trade Commission. They discuss technology transfer, how code has gotten better but the threat model has changed, whether mobile security is just a repackaging of the same security problem, the very first days of Usenet, and the famed Evil Bit. Hear the full podcast at www.computer.org/silverbullet. Show links, notes, and an online discussion can be found at www.cigital.com/silverbullet.