This is an interesting follow on to the story we included in “Because It’s Friday” a couple of weeks back where a cipher created by Mary Queen of Scots was decrypted having been a secret since the 16th century.
Rupert Goodwins fits Mary’s life and political activities into modern day information security practices, such as forensics, inquiries and cryptography. It is a fun piece (except – spoiler alert – that Mary eventually looses her head) just before the weekend.
What Mary, Queen of Scots, can teach today’s infosec royalty • The Register
Clive Catton MSc (Cyber Security) – by-line and other articles