Quote: Richard Clarke “If you spend more on coffee than on IT security, you will be hacked. What’s more, you deserve to be hacked”

Posted by Steven Kirby | Aug 20, 2016 | Quotes | 0 |

“If you spend more on coffee than on IT security, you will be hacked. What’s more, you deserve to be hacked.”
– White House Cybersecurity Advisor, Richard Clarke

SK: Unless you are Starbucks… 😉

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