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Airports are not that special relative to bus terminals, train terminals or perhaps any public venue where the "bits" are actual people. So someone who had expe
by larrys 15y ago
Airports are not that special relative to bus terminals, train terminals or perhaps any public venue where the "bits" are actual people. So someone who had experience in providing security at a large public venue would have skills applicable to airport security.
But computer security (knowledge of cryptography, hacking etc with the exception of perhaps "social engineering" ) really is a different animal.
A secret service agent who knows nothing about the bulk of what Bruce knows about most likely would be better qualified to evaluate threats based on their specific training and experience.
- nitrogen 15y agoI would argue that a top-tier computer security expert would be better qualified to comment on physical security issues than a top-tier physical security expert would be on computer security issues. This is because computer experts are required to think in terms of abstractions and similarities, thus a computer security expert would be better equipped to apply abstract lessons learned while defending a computer system to physical security. Schneier in particular, however, seems to have studied physical security well enough to comment on it without having to use an abstract map from computer knowledge to the real world.