Bill Gates Security Quotations

Security is one of the few things that, if we don't do it right, could take this vision I have talked about and really hold it back,

Older systems were secure because they were isolated. You can't layer on top of a system elements to make it secure; you get too much of a mismatch between the components. This design approach is absolutely critical--thinking these things through from the beginning and not bringing security in at the end is very important. This has been a big shift for Microsoft.

There is information out in the Internet, out in the cloud, that could be working on your behalf, ... .NET as a platform for next generation Internet integrates privacy, security and puts information where you want it. The user experience will become a lot richer and put the user back in control.

The time is really now to change these things. That's true from the point of view of the relationship between the rich world and the poor world, it's true from a security point of view, an economic point of view. ... We're hopeful that the U.S. and other governments will see this as a turning point,

I used to be begging people to pay attention to security. Now they get it. Security is part of everyone's job.

As a leader in the computing industry, Microsoft has a responsibility to help its customers address these concerns, so they no longer have to choose between security and usability. This is a long-term effort.

avoid the kinds of security problems people have had.

It's a big challenge, but we have to make sure that security is not the thing that holds us back.

That kernel operating system ... is not the key area, it is the software you have to buy on top of that to deal with management, security and directories and things like that.

If you look at our investment in the next version of Windows, security would jump out as the thing we've spent the most time on. Microsoft has a big responsibility here.