Difficult Subject Quote by Ted Koppel

“Nobody’s in charge there, nobody has responsibility, nor can anybody require that they do work.”

— Ted Koppel

Would anyone else like to say anything nice about women?

— Ted Koppel

“smaller companies with lean profit margins are simply not inclined to spend a great deal on cybersecurity.”

— Ted Koppel

“has to be connected to the company’s billing department, which in turn needs to be connected to whatever department actually conveys electricity to the…

— Ted Koppel

“I think that within six months, if things weren’t straightened out adequately to have something besides anarchy, somebody’s going to show up on your…

— Ted Koppel

“the extreme vulnerability of SCADA systems to cyber sabotage was first demonstrated, and dramatically so, during the administration of George W. Bush.”

— Ted Koppel

“The August 2003 blackout was a wake-up call for both industry and government regulators.”

— Ted Koppel

“The world is locked into a state of cyber dependency”

— Ted Koppel

“consumer deals directly only with the local company that delivers the electricity on that final leg.”

— Ted Koppel

“We remain largely oblivious to the potential catastrophe of a well-targeted cyberattack.”

— Ted Koppel

“the Internet is also giving rise to “filter bubbles” that decrease users’ exposure to conflicting viewpoints and reinforce their own ideological frames.”

— Ted Koppel

“(Several nation-states, most prominently the Russians and the Chinese, have already spent years conducting just such reconnaissance.)”

— Ted Koppel