Managing Risk and Information Security Quotes

“The conductor of the orchestra doesn’t make a sound. His power comes from awakening possibility in others. —Benjamin Zander, conductor and coauthor of The Art of Possibility”
― Malcolm Harkins, Managing Risk and Information Security: Protect to Enable

“There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.”
― Malcolm Harkins, Managing Risk and Information Security: Protect to Enable

“Key goals include helping increase employee productivity while supporting new business requirements and technology trends, including IT consumerization, cloud computing, and access by a broader range of users. At the same time, the architecture is designed to reduce our attack surface and improve survivability—even as the threat landscape grows in complexity and maliciousness.”
― Malcolm Harkins, Managing Risk and Information Security: Protect to Enable

“Impact of Asset Loss × Probability of Threat × Vulnerability Exposure = Total Risk Points”
― Malcolm Harkins, Managing Risk and Information Security: Protect to Enable

“find ways to enable the business while providing the protection that’s necessary to reduce the risk to an acceptable level.”
― Malcolm Harkins, Managing Risk and Information Security: Protect to Enable

“There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them. —Denis Waitley”
― Malcolm Harkins, Managing Risk and Information Security: Protect to Enable