Ken Xie Quotes

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

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.

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 need to do whatever we can to defend ourselves against hacking.

If you are a big company, a big website, and lots of users come to your website, you will have attacks, and you have to deal with that. It just cannot be a reason to take actions to exit certain markets.

I keep my stuff updated all the time. Being in the security industry, I keep up to date with securities.

You have to have as many defences in place as you possibly can. But even then of course - and it's important to stress this - you cannot guarantee being able to prevent every attack or every kind of attack.

'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.

Encryption would help prevent a lot of cyber attacks.

FusionX's elite team of cyber security experts works at the C-Suite level to help clients test security and see their vulnerabilities through actual replica attacks. This acquisition brings to Accenture the critical ability to help our clients assess and respond to sophisticated cyber-attacks.

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.

While there have been terrific advances in the state of technology around heuristics, behavior blocking, and things like that, technology is only a part of the approach to solving the problem with the more important aspect involving putting the right process in place.

Systems are complex, so controlling an attack and achieving a desired level of damage may be harder than using physical weapons.

The guardians of your company's cyber security should be encouraged to network within the industry to swap information on the latest hacker tricks and most effective defenses.

You can't defend. You can't prevent. The only thing you can do is detect and respond.

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

'Firewall' seems both scary and protective at the same time. And how often does that happen within one word besides 'military' and 'government?'

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.

If you think technology can solve your security problems, then you don't understand the problems and you don't understand the technology.

Cybersecurity needs to be taken seriously by everyone.

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.

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.

The reality is that there are simply not enough skilled humans available to properly plan, manage, integrate, and optimize security devices, strategies, and protocols.

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

There's always some potential vulnerabilities in any system.