Dan Farmer Quotes

Because I don't believe that it's really desirable to have security on a computer, I shouldn't be willing to help uphold the security regime.

It's as if our electric grid didn't even have fences around it. This is disgraceful what we do, and what we don't do, to protect the Internet.

Too many public and private entities simply don't take advantage of tools already at their disposal to protect themselves from hackers. No amount of information sharing will help solve that problem.

As cyber threats evolve, we need to evolve as well.

Computer security can simply be protecting your equipment and files from disgruntled employees, spies, and anything that goes bump in the night, but there is much more. Computer security helps ensure that your computers, networks, and peripherals work as expected all the time, and that your data is safe in the event of hard disk crash or a power failure resulting from an electrical storm. Computer security also makes sure no damage is done to your data and that no one is able to read it unless you want them to.

If you spend more on coffee than on IT security, you will be hacked. What's more, you deserve to be hacked.

I've been saying for years, we're gonna have to spend a lot more time on cyber security.

Technology businesses in general are susceptible to hacking. That's why you have to work really, really, really hard with law enforcement, with security experts, internal and external groups, to make sure you're paying attention and addressing security concerns.

After all, just one virus on a computer is one too many.

Security is always going to be a cat and mouse game because there'll be people out there that are hunting for the zero day award, you have people that don't have configuration management, don't have vulnerability management, don't have patch management.

In terms of dangers, such as viruses, fraud or identity theft, I don't think we were thinking about that at all when we got started. If we had been worried about that, the net might have been better today, but we might not have even got there.

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.

No computer or smartphone can ever be considered 100 percent 'safe.' We're all engaged in a perpetual battle with criminals and hostile governments trying to use computers and the Internet to steal information and identities.

Building secure products actually makes for a safer world; many people in law enforcement may not agree with that.

In Internet in general, there are security, privacy, and many other issues.

Security is an endless race - one that you can lead but never decisively win. Yesterday's best defenses cannot fend off the attacks of today or tomorrow.

The question is, really, does the nonexistence of another attack prove that the programs that are in place are working?

I don't want anyone hacking us. And I'm not only talking about countries. I'm talking about anyone, period.

We put up the very best cyber security - what I call infrastructure to stop them, but [hackers] constantly [didn't stop].

Without those hackers, we wouldn't solve the problems we need to solve, especially security.

We have a reliable computerized network devoted to counterterrorist activities.

First, our focus on security is on the infrastructure itself. So it is all about how you protect the network, the device, and the application that is riding on the server.

Most people assume that once security software is installed, they're protected. This isn't the case. It's critical that companies be proactive in thinking about security on a long-term basis.

Security is, I would say, our top priority because for all the exciting things you will be able to do with computers - organizing your lives, staying in touch with people, being creative - if we don't solve these security problems, then people will hold back.