Quote: Bruce Schneier “Amateurs hack systems, professionals hack people”
“Amateurs hack systems, professionals hack people.”
– Bruce Schneier
Quote: Gene Spafford “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”
September 5, 2016
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