Security News

Adding CIA to DNA (Threatpost)
2016-09-06 14:30

In this Threatpost op-ed, computer engineer Alexandrea Mellen explores the need for information security concepts in genetic engineering, and how concepts such as the security triad of...

The Fallibility of DNA Evidence (Schneier on Security)
2016-05-31 18:04

This is a good summary article on the fallibility of DNA evidence. Most interesting to me are the parts on the proprietary algorithms used in DNA matching: William Thompson points out that Perlin...

Kuwaiti Government will DNA Test Everyone (Schneier on Security)
2016-04-18 17:46

There's a new law that will enforce DNA testing for everyone: citizens, expatriates, and visitors. They promise that the program "does not include genealogical implications or affects personal...

Cops are turning to privately held DNA databases for info to help with investigations (Help Net Security)
2015-10-19 13:16

For those people who are worried about privacy and know how these things usually work out, the fact that Ancestry.com and 23andMe offered DNA analyzing services for genealogy tracing and medical diagn...