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Dennis Fisher

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Dennis Fisher is an award-winning journalist who has been covering information security and privacy since 2000.

He is one of the co-founders of Threatpost and previously wrote for TechTarget and eWeek, when magazines were still a thing that existed. Dennis enjoys finding the stories behind the headlines and digging into the motivations and thinking of both defenders and attackers. His work has appeared in The Boston Globe, The Improper Bostonian, Harvard Business School’s Working Knowledge, and most of his kids’ English papers.

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New Australian Law Poses Risk to Encrypted Services

The Australian Parliament has passed a new law that requires technology companies to provide access to encrypted communications.

Encryption, Privacy

Decipher Podcast: Melanie Ensign

Melanie Ensign of Uber joins Dennis Fisher to talk about the challenges and rewards of working in security and privacy communications.

Podcast

Decipher Podcast: Katie Moussouris

Katie Moussouris of Luta Security speaks with Dennis Fisher about the security industry's constant cycle of mistakes and the hidden perils of bug bounty programs.

Podcast

Microsoft Open Sources SEAL Homomorphic Encryption Library

Microsoft has made its SEAL homomorphic encryption library open source, a part of an effort to help standardize the encryption scheme.

Encryption

500 Million Affected in Marriott Data Breach

Attackers had access to a portion of the Starwood network for four years, resulting in a data breach at parent company Marriott that affects as many as 500 million people.

Data Breaches