Niels Provos

Everything Niels Provos said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

a16z Insight

Niels Provos: Computer security is an incentive problem, not a tech problem

“It's probably not really a technology problem, it's an incentive problem.”

Niels Provos Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 3:33 a16z Podcast | The State of Security

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Provos: Google experienced zero successful employee phishing attacks after mandating hardware keys

“We have mandated a hardware second factor for everybody at Google since 2009. You know, everybody is using a security key nowadays. We have not had a single successful phishing attack against a Google employee since then.”

Niels Provos Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 5:34 a16z Podcast | The State of Security

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Provos: Everyone will rely on managed cloud providers for security by 2028

“In 10 years, everybody is going to be on a professionally run cloud that takes care of all of your security needs.”

Niels Provos Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 16:04 a16z Podcast | The State of Security

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Provos: Google cannot offer mandatory hardware security key protection to billions

“Google rolled out this advanced protection program where you are forced to associate a security key with your account. That's the only way that you can get into your account. But that is not something that we can offer to billions of users.”

Niels Provos Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 11:08 a16z Podcast | The State of Security

a16z Assertion Contradicted

Niels Provos: Chromebooks with security keys create uncompromisable endpoints

“I continue to be a big proponent of something like a Chromebook with a security key, right? Essentially, you have an endpoint that cannot be compromised, even if you try. Because the weak point in all of this continues to be the human.”

Niels Provos Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 11:57 a16z Podcast | The State of Security

a16z Insight

Provos: Security doesn't need to be perfect, just better than peers

“Well, another thing that remains true is, adversaries often go to the place where the bar is lower. Right? So you oftentimes don't need to achieve perfect security, as long as security is mostly higher than somebody else.”

Niels Provos Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 15:15 a16z Podcast | The State of Security

The other half of the tape: Niels Provos's own voice is left out of every number here. Other people bring the name up 1 time in 1 episode across the shows. every mention, with the transcript →

Who brings them up most Giovanni Vigna 1

Every mention by year

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Niels's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.

Show	Role there	Eps	Statements	Record
a16zLEDGER	Founder, Security Blueprints	1	6	0% 0/1	full record on the a16z Podcast →