Alex Stamos

4 statements across 1 episodes · 1 bullish · 3 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Alex Stamos · said 1 times in 1 episodes since 2025 · across every show →

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Jan 2, 2019 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Stamos: Individual targets cannot protect themselves online against determined attackers
“The kind of inconvenient truth of the tech industry right now is that there's pretty much nothing a individual person can do to be safe online if they're targeted by a bad guy.”
Alex Stamos Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 22:24 a16z Podcast | Security’s Wakeup Call
Jan 2, 2019 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Stamos: Preventing initial network intrusion in companies over 24 employees is impossible
“No enterprise with more than a couple dozen people is gonna keep the bad guys from first getting a foothold in their network. That's impossible.”
Alex Stamos Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 12:13 a16z Podcast | Security’s Wakeup Call
Jan 2, 2019 negative
Opinion
Stamos: 470 of the Fortune 500 cannot defend against modern cyber adversaries
“If you look at the Fortune 500, I would say 470 of those companies are kind of screwed because they're playing at What's happened is, is that the level of adversary has caught up to a level that's well beyond their ability to play”
Alex Stamos Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 4:13 a16z Podcast | Security’s Wakeup Call
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Stamos: Tech industry must redesign consumer technology safety within five years
“But beyond that, it's incumbent on us to the next five years, we need to redesign how technology works so it actually people are safe if they're targeted, not just that they're lucky.”
Alex Stamos Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 24:01 a16z Podcast | Security’s Wakeup Call
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