Threat Mitigation Quotes

In order to be successful against each of these threats, we have to have a presence overseas, work closely not only with our counterparts in the law enforcement community, but also with the intelligence community.

We will respond to the threat of climate change

I believe it is my responsibility as a member of Congress to ensure that I protect our country from any and all threats.

The amount of our danger, therefore, it would be impolitic to conceal from the people. It was the first duty of ministers to make it known, and after doing so, it should have been their study to provide against it, and to point out the means to the country by which it might be averted.

I wore bulletproof vests, and my bodyguards had the option of having bulletproof vests - I bought five sets.

Security is an attempt to try to make the universe static so that we feel safe.

Our top focus - protecting our Nation - must go beyond homeland preparedness; America will only be secure if we deal with threats before they happen, not just after they happen.

Effective cyber-security should be considered an investment.

If you don’t know who they are, where they are, and what they’re planning, you can’t get them before they get you.

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 cyber review team will proceed with the most sensitive systems first, but ultimately all systems will be analyzed and made as secure as modern technology permits. And hopefully, that's gonna be our technology.

We must not condemn to frustration those whose job it is to protect us by failing to provide them with the necessary resources to meet the threats they face.

In a war zone you know exactly where the threats are coming from. I plan my way in and we plan our way out and you're there for a limited period of time.

We save limited resources in terms of who we are physically screening. The approach will allow us to pay more attention to those potential terrorists.

Software companies should take more responsibility for security holes, especially in browsers and e-mail clients. There are some straightforward things the industry should be doing right now to fix things, and I don't know why they haven't been done yet.

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.

Every threat must be taken seriously.

Some governments choose to cooperate with the United States in intelligence, law enforcement, or military matters. The co-operation is a two-way street. We share intelligence that has helped protect European countries from attack, helping save European lives.

We need to strengthen our analytic capacity in Washington, we need to centralize the anti-terrorism effort.

I want to put our resources where I think they're most needed: Getting rid of any violent person.

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.

I do talk to individuals still in the business of tracking individuals in the homeland and abroad. A lot of them have felt that they were hanging on by their fingernails a bit in terms of tracking all the potential threats out there.

Terror threats to the U.S. homeland have reached unprecedented levels.

The objective of securing the safety of Americans from crime and terror has been achieved.

The federal government has a responsibility to protect all Americans from potential terrorist attack.