209 Quotes by Bruce Schneier

Everyone else is just as bad. I think if you gave that same grading to corporate America, you'd see all the Fs also.

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

The administration is deliberately choosing a less secure technology without justification. If there were a good reason to choose that technology, then it might make sense. But there isn't.

It's certainly feasible, but it's my guess it's not economic, ... My guess is it is cheaper for the airline to absorb this loss, which doesn't happen often, than to fix the problem.

I am regularly asked what the average Internet user can do to ensure his security. My first answer is usually 'Nothing; you're screwed'.

When a big company lays you off, they often give you a year's salary to 'go pursue a dream.' If you're stupid, you panic and get another job. If you're smart, you take the money and use the time to figure out what you want to do next.

Anytime you see Microsoft doing stuff for security, it's good, it's important.

Despite fearful rhetoric to the contrary, terrorism is not a transcendent threat. A terrorist attack cannot possibly destroy our country's way of life; it's only our reaction to that attack that can do that kind of damage.

In my back pocket I have a way to break the system, but I can't publish it until I know I'm right.