I don’t think there is any franchise more powerful than ours around securing the consumer experience and we will not concede that to anyone including Microsoft. John W. Thompson Read Quote
What the Snowden scenario proved is that the weakest link is not the technology, the weakest link is the individual; we shouldn’t kid ourselves. John W. Thompson Read Quote
My friends and family are amazed I’ve done so well. I was not a model student. No one expected that I’d build a Fortune 500 company at Symantec. John W. Thompson Read Quote
Second issue is the rapidly accelerating increase in the number of vulnerabilities that get discovered every day. And, equally importantly, is the shortening of time between the discovery of the vulnerability and the release of an exploit. John W. Thompson Read Quote
We need to shift the paradigm from reactive technologies to more integrative solutions that deal with the variety and complexity of the threats that are out there today. John W. Thompson Read Quote
I’m an intensely competitive guy who is driven by the idea that accepting mediocrity or accepting defeat is not the way you succeed in life. John W. Thompson Read Quote
The thing we have to be careful of is that the Internet is a global communications medium, and if one country tips the balance in regulating its use or regulating what companies or individuals do on the web, it could have an economic impact that might be unintended, quite frankly, by the regulations themselves. John W. Thompson Read Quote
I’ve learned several lessons over the years. First, never take yourself too seriously, or work is boring. Next, people make the difference. You can have great technology, but if it’s not complemented by great people, it won’t go anywhere. Finally, customers buy from people they like. John W. Thompson Read Quote
One of the things that has been truly incredible to observe though, is the amount of venture investment that has gone into early stage security technology. John W. Thompson Read Quote
Well Web services are nothing more than a way for users to interact with applications. John W. Thompson Read Quote
