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title: "3 Security Theater Quotes by 3 authors"
description: "Browse 3 Security Theater quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Security Theater sayings and thoughts."
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> [My favorite term for a new kind of performance is "security theater." In this genre, we watch as ritualized inspections and patdowns…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/my-favorite-term-for-a-new-kind-of-performance-is-security-theater-in/)

[David Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-byrne/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ad/david-byrne-1206_acknowledge_my-favorite-term-for-a-new-kind-of-perfo_743055.jpg)

> [“Your organization’s illusion based security theater will lose to the reality of cyber-attack any day of the week.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-scott-senior-fellow-institute-for-critical-infrastructure-technology/your-organization-s-illusion-based-security-theater-will-lose-to-the/)

[James Scott, Senior Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-scott-senior-fellow-institute-for-critical-infrastructure-technology/)

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> [Security theater is the idea of putting on a big show of security in order to make people feel safe. That's why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-conover/security-theater-is-the-idea-of-putting-on-a-big-show-of-security-in/)

[Adam Conover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-conover/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87d/adam-conover-6921_big_security-theater-is-the-idea-of-putting_3018853.jpg)

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