Ken Xie Quotes

As much as we can, we want to prevent people from having to think about how to keep and share their stuff.

As our country increasingly relies on electronic information storage and communication, it is imperative that our Government amend our information security laws accordingly.

If you go to a coffee shop or at the airport, and you're using open wireless, I would use a VPN service that you could subscribe for 10 bucks a month. Everything is encrypted in an encryption tunnel, so a hacker cannot tamper with your connection.

Without strong encryption, you will be spied on systematically by lots of people.

Back up everything! You are not invulnerable. Catastrophic data loss can happen to you - one worm or Trojan is all it takes.

I've always shied away from online data storage. I don't even use my employers' network drives for anything sensitive. I want to control access myself.

I think most organizations have an interest in key recovery, at least with respect to stored data.

So ensuring the integrity of the data and integrity and validity of the connection is a very important element in any company's strategy that is moving towards a Web service paradigm.

A computer shall not harm your work or, through inaction, allow your work to come to harm.

Everyone is a proponent of strong encryption.

Snowden was extremely good at digital self-defense. When he was employed by the C.I.A. and N.S.A., one of his jobs was to teach U.S. national security officials and C.I.A. employees how to protect their data in high-threat digital environments.

Data leaks are impossible to reverse, so the best strategy is to prevent intruders from having prolonged, unfettered access to the systems in the first place.

There is no data base that is totally secure. The hackers are always one step ahead and have a vested interest in obtaining the data.

The only truly secure system is one that is powered off, cast in a block of concrete and sealed in a lead-lined room with armed guards -- and even then I have my doubts.

When a hacker gains access to any corporate data, the value of that data depends on which server, or sometimes a single person's computer, that the hacker gains access to.

There is no secure data center in the world; they have all been broken into. We can help you prepare for it and minimize the damage when it does occur.

We think the government should be pushing for more encryption. That it's a great thing. You know, it's like the sun and the air and the water.

The problem of end-to-end encryption isn't just a terrorism issue.

CISPA permits, but does not require, entities that have been attacked to voluntarily share their knowledge of a cyber threat with each other and with government.

As we work to secure our data and communications from hackers, we must recognize that our citizens face a far broader array of threats.

We value integrity of information, we value processes, cyber- security. These are things important to the government.

Our view is that if the network is involved, then we are there to protect it. Based on that, future developments will revolve around ensuring data, networks and applications are protected.

Every single company knows that there is more that they can do to keep themselves safe from cyber-crime.

You no longer can say that inside a company everything is trusted because you could bring in a contaminated device. And it's the same thing with data, because so much is no longer stored inside a company.

With the evolution of information technology, there have emerged new questions, for example, of data and privacy.