Bruce Schneier is a well respected author and critic on topics of security. His primary research and writings are on the topic of cryptology, but he is considered a “guru” of security in general. Click Here for Bruce's full bio page.

Schneier's Blog - Here is Schneier's full blog

Bruce Schneier's personal blog contains a myriad of articles pertaining to current security issues. Articles vary from internet security issues such as fraud and theft, to topics of airport security and other physical security issues (keys, safes, etc.)

Perusing Schneier's blog, it will not take you long to find articles that relate directly to some of the things discussed in class, but for convenience, here are a few that I found particularly interesting.

Man in the Middle - Full Article

This article demonstrates the importance of researches actually BREAKING security measures as if they were criminals themselves.