Schneier's law

English Alternative forms en Schneier's Law Etymology en Q110436 in a 2004 speech with reference to a 1998 quote from security expert Bruce Schneier.Bruce Schneier, "Schneier's Law", Schneier on Security, 15 April 2011Chris Higgins, "11 Wacky "Laws" Named for People", MentalFloss, 11 June 2013 Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Schneier's law.wav US Proper noun Schneir's law en computer security An informal law holding that anyone can create a security system they cannot personally break. en 2014 Bruce Schneir Carry On: Sound Advice from Schneir on Security https://archive.org/details/carryonsoundadvi0000schn/page/34/mode/2up?q=%22Schneier%27s+law%22 34 This is especially true if you want to design security systems and not just implement them. Remember Schneier’s Law: “Any person can invent a security system so clever that she or he can’t think of how to break it.” en 2022 Andy Greenberg Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency https://www.google.com/books/edition/Tracers_in_the_Dark/uytfEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Schneier%27s+Law%22&pg=PT40&printsec=frontcover unnumbered RSA was one of the few fundamental encryption protocols that had not succumbed to Schneier's law in more than thirty years. en 2022 Diego Miranda-Saavedra How to Think About Data Science https://www.google.com/books/edition/How_to_Think_about_Data_Science/8eCgEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Schneier%27s+Law%22&pg=PA184&printsec=frontcover 184 One unifying truth of computer security is described by Schneier's Law (1998) [267]: Anyone, from the most clueless amateur to the best cryptographer, can create an algorithm that he himself can't break. It's not even hard. en References en adages ending in "law" eponyms en Security