Dan Farmer Quotes

It's kind of interesting, because hacking is a skill that could be used for criminal purposes or legitimate purposes, and so even though in the past I was hacking for the curiosity, and the thrill, to get a bite of the forbidden fruit of knowledge, I'm now working in the security field as a public speaker.

No company that I ever hacked into reported any damages, which they were required to do for significant losses. Sun didn't stop using Solaris and DEC didn't stop using VMS.

I get hired by companies to hack into their systems and break into their physical facilities to find security holes. Our success rate is 100%; we've always found a hole.

Hackers are breaking the systems for profit. Before, it was about intellectual curiosity and pursuit of knowledge and thrill, and now hacking is big business.

I've met some smart people doing security work in the government, and they're starting to reach out to a broader audience, which I think is a good thing.

Accessibility and openness are good politics but bad security.

There are two types of companies in the world: those that know they've been hacked, and those that don't.

They have a beautiful security system and we're emulating the whole security infrastructure.

Penetrating a company's security often starts with the bad guy obtaining some piece of information that seems so innocent, so everyday and unimportant, that most people in the organization don't see any reason why the item should be protected and restricted.

I won't be satisfied until I've put the entire security industry out of work.

We demand privacy, yet we glorify those that break into computers.

I characterize myself as a retired hacker. I'm applying what I know to improve security at companies.

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

A hacker doesn't deliberately destroy data or profit from his activities.

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.

Secretary Clinton was warned repeatedly about her duty to secure classified information and that her unsecure server did not meet that standard.

The first step in securing our cyber future is education, and that means everything from educating individuals to companies to the next generation of IT professionals.

A back door is a nonstarter. It means we are all not safe... I don't support a back door for any government, ever.

While the Census Bureau already has a legal obligation to keep people's information confidential, we all know that in an age of cyber attacks and computer hacking that ensuring people's privacy can be difficult.

I'm not the geek in the family: I'm the organizer. But what I do know is that we have a very terrific team of consultants, former federal cybersecurity experts who are working with us to make sure we have a very safe system.

From a counter-intelligence viewpoint, the OPM breach is really scary - but if we continue to see the erosion of purely commercial enterprises, where people lose confidence, the economy falters.

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

The thing on cyber-security. Yes, it was - every government employee goes through this training. You do hear at corporations, as well. In addition, everybody that works at the State Department that has a clearance has to sign a document that says that they got a briefing on how to handle classified info. Hillary Clinton is the secretary of state. She makes a terrible, reckless decision, and it almost ruined her candidacy.

If security were all that mattered, computers would never be turned on, let alone hooked into a network with literally millions of potential intruders.

I don’t think you’re supposed to be able to get at that information,” said Leslie. “Don’t look,” said Goldstein, peering over Charles’s shoulder. “We don’t know anything about illegal hacking.” He whistled cheerily.