RSA 2015 – Lessons from 1919
We attended the RSA Conference in San Francisco this week. There are two giant convention halls filled with latest in information security. In addition to the in-booth presentations, there are continuous presentations and panels discussing security. Jeh Johnson, the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, was a keynote speaker. Yet, in this sea of the new, the most interesting thing was something patented almost a century ago. In the NSA’s booth (yes, that NSA) was this: A wooden box about the size of a toaster oven — an Enigma machine. The Enigma machine was patented in 1919. The Germans [...]