#security

First, his job approval ratings have been trending down for many months, a trend that has accelerated in recent weeks as the war on terrorism has been supplanted in the public's mind by corporate scandals, stock market declines, and a growing sense of economic insecurity. ↗

— Thomas E. Mann

#been #corporate #declines #down #economic

Our nation's security, economy, and place on the world stage depends on the success our educational system. ↗

— Ed Markey

#economy #educational #nation #our #place

I would rather be a security guard than a rock star. ↗

— Bruce McCulloch

#i #rather #rock #rock star #security

Most people want security in this world, not liberty. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#most #people #security #want #world

Then again, my case was all about the misappropriation of source code because I wanted to become the best hacker in the world and I enjoyed beating the security mechanisms. ↗

— Kevin Mitnick

#again #beating #because #become #best

But a lot of businesses out there don't see the return on investment, they look at it as a liability, and until they can understand that proactive security actually returns, gives them a return on investment, it's still a hard sell for people. ↗

— Kevin Mitnick

#businesses #gives #hard #investment #liability

I characterize myself as a retired hacker. I'm applying what I know to improve security at companies. ↗

— Kevin Mitnick

#characterize #companies #hacker #i #improve

I get hired by companies to hack into their systems and break into their physical facilities to find security holes. Our success rate is 100%; we've always found a hole. ↗

— Kevin Mitnick

#break #companies #facilities #find #found

It's kind of interesting, because hacking is a skill that could be used for criminal purposes or legitimate purposes, and so even though in the past I was hacking for the curiosity, and the thrill, to get a bite of the forbidden fruit of knowledge, I'm now working in the security field as a public speaker. ↗

— Kevin Mitnick

#bite #could #criminal #curiosity #even

It's true, I had hacked into a lot of companies, and took copies of the source code to analyze it for security bugs. If I could locate security bugs, I could become better at hacking into their systems. It was all towards becoming a better hacker. ↗

— Kevin Mitnick

#become #becoming #better #bugs #code