There's always a momentum in how users do stuff. Making small changes can have huge knock-on effects for whole companies. — Alex Stamos Always Copy Share Image
The definition of hate speech in some countries is problematic. — Alex Stamos Communication Copy Share Image
There's a big focus in the security industry on incredibly sophisticated attacks and on very sophisticated threat actors. — Alex Stamos Big Copy Share Image
A lot of the people who are hacking on behalf of governments are doing so on a contract basis. And they also… — Alex Stamos Cybersecurity Copy Share Image
Too many companies are reluctant to share technical information about threats with each other, and most open platforms and tools don't see… — Alex Stamos Great Copy Share Image
Almost every OS X server service offers weak or broken authentication mechanisms. — Alex Stamos Almost Copy Share Image
The nice thing about my job being CSO at Facebook is that it is well understood here that there is not a… — Alex Stamos Growth Copy Share Image
Tech companies are famous for providing freedom for engineers to customize their environments & experiment with new tools... allowing for this freedom… — Alex Stamos Creativity Copy Share Image
Attackers are able to amortize the cost of exploit, malware, and infrastructure development across many targets. — Alex Stamos Able Copy Share Image
I have spent my career building and improving secure, trustworthy systems, and I am very proud to be working on security at… — Alex Stamos Building Copy Share Image
What we're trying to do at Yahoo is build our products so they're safe and trustworthy, not just secure. — Alex Stamos Build Copy Share Image
I generally use 'threat intelligence' when I'm talking about a product packaged and sold by a dedicated commercial entity and 'information sharing'… — Alex Stamos Cybersecurity Copy Share Image
For most companies, they don't want to ever talk about security unless it's an absolute emergency and they've had a breach. And… — Alex Stamos Cybersecurity Copy Share Image
If you send emails to your spouse or your lawyer or family members, you want to have these messages be confidential. — Alex Stamos Confidential Copy Share Image
Usernames and passwords are an idea that came out of 1970s mainframe architectures. They were not built for 2016. — Alex Stamos 1970s Copy Share Image
We have perfected the art of finding problems without fixing real-world issues. We focus too much on complexity, not harm. — Alex Stamos Art Copy Share Image
Adversaries will do the simplest thing they need to do to make an attack work. — Alex Stamos Attack Copy Share Image
People now know how important it is to build secure systems to underlie our civilization. — Alex Stamos Civilization Copy Share Image
While preventing the distribution of malware through advertising is one part of the equation, it's important to address the entire malware ecosystem… — Alex Stamos Advertising Copy Share Image
Security people aren't brilliant; we aren't smarter than everyone else. — Alex Stamos Brilliant Copy Share Image
Internet advertising security and the fight against malware is a top priority for Yahoo. — Alex Stamos Advertising Copy Share Image
We are moving to a world where all content is encrypted all the time. — Alex Stamos Content Copy Share Image
There are a lot of Yahoo users who live in countries where their freedom of expression and freedom of association is not… — Alex Stamos Computers Copy Share Image
Yahoo is a global technology company that provides personalized products and services, including search, advertising, content, and communications in more than 45… — Alex Stamos Business Copy Share Image
There have been a lot of questions since the 2016 U.S. election about Russian interference in the electoral process. — Alex Stamos About Copy Share Image