Quotes by Amit Yoran

“What we dont want to do is tell the bad guys this vulnerability is out there, and not have a work-around available to keep them from exploiting it.”

“There are a couple of worms on the horizon that will probably be the next breaking story, ... In literally a matter of hours, a very large number of zombie hosts can be created for planned [distributed denial-of-service] attacks, multiple hopping points to cover your tracks and other activities.”

“Some might consider my career schizophrenic, but now it looks like it was all planned. It feels like a natural career progression for me, having worked for start-ups, invested in start-ups, worked in government and having a personal interest in national security.”

“Were at this historic point where the intelligence community is going through a transformation, and technology can represent the greatest threat or the greatest opportunity.”

“Technology is one of the biggest threats to our intelligence systems and one of the biggest opportunities.”

“I would be surprised and let down if [ISC] does not participate in some of the existing forums, ... It is imperative that any critical infrastructure information . . . gets to the people who need to know it. Im not convinced that doing it in a fee-for-service approach is the best way to do that.”

“We are moving to a more proactive stance, ... providing periodic pieces of information to better secure systems and address known vulnerabilities before they fall victim to various types of cyber attack.”