Vulnerability Assessment Quotes

'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.

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.

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

When people conceptualize a cyber-attack, they do tend to think about parts of the critical infrastructure like power plants, water supplies, and similar sort of heavy infrastructure, critical infrastructure areas. And they could be hit, as long as they're network connected, as long as they have some kind of systems that interact with them that could be manipulated from internet connection.

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

Extreme weather events continue to grow more frequent and intense in rich and poor countries alike, not only devastating lives, but also infrastructure, institutions, and budgets - an unholy brew which can create dangerous security vacuums.

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

What you really want is for a cyberattack to be very costly and risky so it is used only rarely and only against really high-value targets.

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

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

With respect to potential computer intrusion by hostile actors, we did not find direct evidence that Secretary Clinton's personal e-mail domain, in its various configurations since 2009, was successfully hacked.

Where there is a problem, the risks to the public are greater than they've ever been before.

We need to have a strong defense focused on areas that are in the greatest vulnerability. I have been very concerned about America's 361 seaports as a point in which terrorist activities and materials could be brought into the country.

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

I don't hate technology, I don't hate hackers, because that's just what comes with it, without those hackers we wouldn't solve the problems we need to solve, especially security.

Anything out there is vulnerable to attack given enough time and resources.

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.

You will not even have enough time to go online and download all the patches to your computer before it is infected.

Effective cyber-security should be considered an investment.

Ensuring the safety and security of our monuments and infrastructure is critical to protecting our communities and the American people.

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

Insufficient facts always invite danger.

You in trouble?” Sam asks. The way he says it, I wonder if he’s thinking about how to get out of here if I am.

You can show a guy sort of peeking over the wall, you can see a guy tunneling underneath, you can see a guy going through the front door. All of those, in cyber terms, are vulnerabilities, because it's not that you have to look for one hole of a specific type. It's the whole paradigm.

Our main concern will always be security.