Security Quotes

3136 quotes by 1874 authors

We have only two modes - complacency and panic. — James R. Schlesinger
If security were all that mattered, computers would never be turned on, let alone hooked into a network with literally millions of potential intruders. — Dan Farmer
The only truly secure system is one that is powered off, cast in a block of concrete and sealed in a lead-lined room with armed… — Gene Spafford
As security or firewall administrators, we've got basically the same concerns [as plumbers]: the size of the pipe, the contents of the pipe, making sure… — Marcus J. Ranum
One person's "paranoia" is another person's "engineering redundancy." — Marcus J. Ranum
Privacy is not for the passive. — Jeffrey Rosen
People in general are not interested in paying extra for increased safety. At the beginning seat belts cost $200 and nobody bought them. — Gene Spafford
Securing an environment of Windows platforms from abuse - external or internal - is akin to trying to install sprinklers in a fireworks factory where… — Gene Spafford
Using encryption on the Internet is the equivalent of arranging an armored car to deliver credit card information from someone living in a cardboard box… — Gene Spafford
If privacy is outlawed, only outlaws will have privacy. — Phil Zimmermann
Interest is a terrible thing to waste. — Roger Schank
But it doesn't have to be this way. We can do things better. We need to stop doing business as usual and start focusing on… — Gene Spafford
You can't hold firewalls and intrusion detection systems accountable. You can only hold people accountable. — Darryl White
Complexity kills. It sucks the life out of developers, it makes products difficult to plan, build and test, it introduces security challenges, and it causes… — Ray Ozzie
It's very important to remember that it's your intellectual property; it's not your computer. And in the pursuit of protection of intellectual property, it's important… — Stewart Baker
Without morals a republic cannot subsist any length of time; they therefore who are decrying the Christian religion, whose morality is so sublime and pure… — Charles Carroll of Carrollton
We've witnessed a fire sale of American liberties at bargain basement prices, in return for the false promise of more security... The America being designed… — Wayne LaPierre
A personal note to the Founding Fathers: We're sorry. We blew it. You made it possible for us to live free and we blew it.… — Philip D. Murphy
[Mathematics] is security. Certainty. Truth. Beauty. Insight. Structure. Architecture. I see mathematics, the part of human knowledge that I call mathematics, as one thing-one great,… — Paul Halmos
In short, the greatest contribution to real security that science can make is through the extension of the scientific method to the social sciences and… — Edward Condon

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