Richard Levine Quotes

"Human behaviors are a huge impact on security. The people who are mobile are the people who shouldn't be mobile. Does anyone tell the CEO he can't take the laptop with him because it has the firm's information on it? This is the person with the critical information and he's the one on the road."
-Richard Levine

"Tell them that when someone leaves a PDA in a cab, the company might go out of business. Look, Dude, we might go out of business because the company has to admit that it lost customer data or corporate lists."
-Richard Levine

"We should recognize that we're seeing a generational evolution in work style. Instead of trying to stop it, we need to look for ways to work with them more securely. Ultimately, IT is a service function for the staff. They're giving IT direction in the way they want to work. They're actually out there trying to do more work for the firm."
-Richard Levine

"Mobility is something your workers do to you. They will be mobile whether you want them to or not... Why fight it?"
-Richard Levine

"You need to manage these devices. If you allow ad hoc employee device usage, it will put you in legal hot water."
-Richard Levine