https://community.isc2.org/t5/Industry-News/Quote/m-p/19849#M2352 <P>Us old-timers have unusual amusements when we show up at conferences (to make up for the fact that we've heard all the presentations before).</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Dr. Eugene Spafford (aka spaf) at RSA this year, with some friends, was remonstrating with a kid at a booth that his company could not secure all computers, as claimed.&nbsp; The kid started to riposte that "The only secure computer is powered off and in a block of concrete..."&nbsp; <A href="https://twitter.com/TheRealSpaf/status/1103181431046430720" target="_blank" rel="noopener">He couldn't understand why they all burst out laughing</A>.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>spaf is the <A href="https://spaf.cerias.purdue.edu/quotes.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">author of the statement</A> that "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 - and even then I have my doubts."&nbsp; (I had a subscription to "Scientific American" back then, and recall reading the original Dewdney column.&nbsp; It's possible the kid wasn't born then ...)</P> Wed, 06 Mar 2019 19:04:15 GMT rslade 2019-03-06T19:04:15Z https://community.isc2.org/t5/Industry-News/Quote/m-p/19849#M2352 <P>Us old-timers have unusual amusements when we show up at conferences (to make up for the fact that we've heard all the presentations before).</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Dr. Eugene Spafford (aka spaf) at RSA this year, with some friends, was remonstrating with a kid at a booth that his company could not secure all computers, as claimed.&nbsp; The kid started to riposte that "The only secure computer is powered off and in a block of concrete..."&nbsp; <A href="https://twitter.com/TheRealSpaf/status/1103181431046430720" target="_blank" rel="noopener">He couldn't understand why they all burst out laughing</A>.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>spaf is the <A href="https://spaf.cerias.purdue.edu/quotes.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">author of the statement</A> that "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 - and even then I have my doubts."&nbsp; (I had a subscription to "Scientific American" back then, and recall reading the original Dewdney column.&nbsp; It's possible the kid wasn't born then ...)</P> Wed, 06 Mar 2019 19:04:15 GMT https://community.isc2.org/t5/Industry-News/Quote/m-p/19849#M2352 rslade 2019-03-06T19:04:15Z