Dan Lipinski Quotes

Effective cybersecurity policy will depend on active and continued collaboration between public and private sectors.

Cyber attacks rain down on us from many places. You have to make your systems secure and safe and teach your people cyber hygiene.

I think if we're going to live in this - in this world - in this technological world where information can be disseminated so quickly, we have to be serious and take firm, strong action against those who are putting American lives at risk. Because this will put people's lives at risk.

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.

The FBI is engaged in a myriad of efforts to combat cyber threats, from efforts focused on threat identification and sharing inside and outside of government, to our internal emphasis on developing and retaining new talent and changing the way we operate to evolve with the cyber threat.

There should be order if the development of the cyber world is to be sustainable.

'Cyber-security' is one of those hot topics that has launched a thousand seminars and strategy papers without producing much in the way of policy.

We take all potential threats to public and private sector systems seriously and will continue to investigate and hold accountable those who pose a threat in cyberspace.

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

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.

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

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.

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

The private sector is the key player in cyber security. Private sector companies are the primary victims of cyber intrusions. And they also possess the information, the expertise, and the knowledge to address cyber intrusions and cyber crime in general.

Breaking into a system or exposing its weaknesses is a good thing because truth and knowledge must win out.

I learned the technology and tradecraft of electronic security in self defense, with a lot of expert help.

Internet does not equal sodium pentothal.

It is impossible to work in information technology without also engaging in social engineering.

Being connected to the Internet means being vulnerable to coordinated actions that can knock down walls of secrecy and shatter mechanisms of control.

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

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.

I've spent my life defending the Net, and I do feel that if we don't fight online crime, we are running a risk of losing it all.

Whether greater cybersecurity requires a greater sacrifice of our digital freedoms is an important debate that we should be having, preferably with all the facts in front of us.

The most important impact of technology on communications security is that it draws better and better traffic into vulnerable channels.

The Internet's distinct configuration may have made cyberattacks easy to launch, but it has also kindled the flame of freedom.