Intrusion Detection Quotes

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 guards -- and even then I have my doubts.

Cyberattacks have long been hard to stop because determining where they come from takes time - and sometimes the mystery is never solved.

When a hacker gains access to any corporate data, the value of that data depends on which server, or sometimes a single person's computer, that the hacker gains access to.

You can't defend. You can't prevent. The only thing you can do is detect and respond.

Use a personal firewall. Configure it to prevent other computers, networks and sites from connecting to you, and specify which programs are allowed to connect to the net automatically.

Data leaks are impossible to reverse, so the best strategy is to prevent intruders from having prolonged, unfettered access to the systems in the first place.

Hacking is exploiting security controls either in a technical, physical or a human-based element.

I talked to the general counsel of the DNC, and he assures me that every step along the way, when we were notified of these issues, that we changed systems, changed procedures, but these hackers are so sophisticated that they changed procedures.

Security people aren't brilliant; we aren't smarter than everyone else.

I'm a bit of a hacker fanatic and know a fair bit about that industry and cyber crime and cyber warfare.

National security always matters, obviously. But the reality is that if you have an open door in your software for the good guys, the bad guys get in there, too.

It's as if our electric grid didn't even have fences around it. This is disgraceful what we do, and what we don't do, to protect the Internet.

Every single company knows that there is more that they can do to keep themselves safe from cyber-crime.

Nine out of every 10 large corporations and government agencies have been attacked by computer intruders.

Everything becomes connected, and cyber security becomes the top issue for CEOs. An average company has 40-60 security vendors, and they have a violation every three months with viruses.

I have spent my career building and improving secure, trustworthy systems, and I am very proud to be working on security at Yahoo.

As long as an attacker creates opportunities, everything is fine.

Attacks on Internet sites and infrastructure, and the compromise of secure information, pose a particularly tricky problem because it is usually impossible to trace an attack back to its instigator.

What you really want is for a cyberattack to be very costly and risky so it is used only rarely and only against really high-value targets.

When you think about things like power efficiency or performance or Internet connectivity as major technology areas where you have multiple investments, multiple products - security is like that.

Cloud computing is a challenge to security, but one that can be overcome.

With respect to potential computer intrusion by hostile actors, we did not find direct evidence that Secretary Clinton's personal e-mail domain, in its various configurations since 2009, was successfully hacked.

'Firewall' seems both scary and protective at the same time. And how often does that happen within one word besides 'military' and 'government?'

It's simply unrealistic to depend on secrecy for security in computer software. You may be able to keep the exact workings of the program out of general circulation, but can you prevent the code from being reverse-engineered by serious opponents? Probably not. The secret to strong security: less reliance on secrets.