Bruce Schneier is an internationally renowned security technologist and an author. Described by The Economist as a “security guru,” he is best known as a refreshingly candid and lucid security critic and commentator.

His latest book, Liars and Outliers, explains how societies use security to enable the trust that they need to survive.

Regularly quoted in the media—he has testified on security before the United States Congress on several occasions and has written articles and op eds for many major publications, including The New York Times, The Guardian, Forbes, Wired, Nature, The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Boston Globe, The San Francisco Chronicle, and The Washington Post.

Bruce also publishes a free monthly newsletter, Crypto-Gram, and a blog, Schneier on Security, with a combined 250,000 readers.