My friends and family are amazed I've done so well. I was not a model student. No one expected that I'd build a Fortune 500 company at Symantec. — John W. Thompson Copy Share Image
Second issue is the rapidly accelerating increase in the number of vulnerabilities that get discovered every day. And, equally importantly, is the shortening of… — John W. Thompson Copy Share Image
Well Web services are nothing more than a way for users to interact with applications. — John W. Thompson Copy Share Image
There has been no appreciable improvement in our country's ability to produce the kind of talent we need in this space. There have been… — John W. Thompson Copy Share Image
If you accept that security is a process, and if you can eliminate the human interaction or intervention in that process by automating more,… — John W. Thompson Copy Share Image
One of the things that has been truly incredible to observe though, is the amount of venture investment that has gone into early stage… — John W. Thompson Copy Share Image
I don't think there is any franchise more powerful than ours around securing the consumer experience and we will not concede that to anyone… — John W. Thompson Copy Share Image
I grew up in West Palm Beach, Florida. My dad took me hunting, trapping and fishing when I was a kid. — John W. Thompson Copy Share Image
Well we have a good working relationship with Microsoft at the development level. But let's not kid ourselves, this is a company with enormous… — John W. Thompson Copy Share Image
So ensuring the integrity of the data and integrity and validity of the connection is a very important element in any company's strategy that… — John W. Thompson Copy Share Image
So you will see us continue to advance the state of the art or take information that we have in our response data bases… — John W. Thompson Copy Share Image
I've learned several lessons over the years. First, never take yourself too seriously, or work is boring. Next, people make the difference. You can… — John W. Thompson Copy Share Image
We need to shift the paradigm from reactive technologies to more integrative solutions that deal with the variety and complexity of the threats that… — John W. Thompson Copy Share Image
The thing we have to be careful of is that the Internet is a global communications medium, and if one country tips the balance… — John W. Thompson Copy Share Image
I'm an intensely competitive guy who is driven by the idea that accepting mediocrity or accepting defeat is not the way you succeed in… — John W. Thompson Copy Share Image
What we are seeing now is customers shifting their attention from security products like firewalls and intrusion sensors, to the policies that need to… — John W. Thompson Copy Share Image
