John W. Thompson Quotes

Nothing is absolute in security.

The system should treat all user input as sacred.

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.

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

Security incidents have gone up 5-10 times during the pandemic, so there is an increased need for security operations risk management, identity and access management, data privacy and compliance.

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.

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

Security is like virginity: you're either a virgin or you're not. You either have security or you don't.

It was immediately clear to me that security was a cross-cutting issue, so rather than dividing the space up in parallel with each of the other areas, I wanted security cut across the areas in addition to having its own content.

I'm just not security-minded.

First, I do not think there is any silver bullet to solving the technology side of the security equation.

Cloud computing is a challenge to security, but one that can be overcome.

Effective cyber-security should be considered an investment.

Security is job number one for Intel and our industry.

Increasing cyber-physical system complexity brings security challenges as well as privacy challenges.

Let's try to secure everything.

People now know how important it is to build secure systems to underlie our civilization.

Security people aren't brilliant; we aren't smarter than everyone else.

Any security issues, you have to be very hands on to really understand what's the exact problem, and then take quick action.

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.

I have spent my career building and improving secure, trustworthy systems, and I am very proud to be working on security at Yahoo.

Security is very difficult. You have to be very careful about security, and I think oftentimes people just forget; they don't invest in the right things.

More organizations than ever are conducting business online. An expanding digital footprint and increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks have created a growing urgency to secure that data and the resources organizations are deploying.

I don't expect an overnight change of all desktops to what the US Military used to call B3 level security. And even that would not stop users from shooting themselves into the foot.

What happens with smaller businesses is that they give in to the misconception that their site is secure because the system administrator deployed standard security products - firewalls, intrusion detection systems, or stronger authentication devices such as time-based tokens or biometric smart cards. But those things can be exploited.