Biography
Simon Shiu is a senior research manager at HP Labs where he has managed a number of information security research projects, from security governance through to trusted infrastructure. He has published several academic and professional articles on security management, is a full member of the IISP (M.Inst.ISP), holds a PhD in computer science from Durham University and is a visiting professor at Newcastle University.
Abstract
Contested cyberspace
2017: 3.4 billion individuals online, 3.3 billion have little idea how to protect themselves. Over 25 million apps, more than 24 million are written with little attention to security and are easy to subvert. And social networking means we're all friends with those that are infected. 2020: 1 trillion sensors and actuators connect the real and cyber worlds, dependence and surveillance have made the Internet the most important and most feared technology on the planet. So are we headed for a dark future? Or can technology innovation help to preserve the online freedoms we've had for the past 30 years?
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