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Malcolm Harkins: 'Impossible is Not a Declaration. It's a Dare.'

VIDEOS / 08.03.18 / Matt Stephenson

Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing. Malcolm Harkins is willing to take that dare.

Cylance Chief Security and Trust Officer Malcolm Harkins sat down with Matt Stephenson recently to discuss what drives him to continue to push the security industry to do better. Malcolm looks to the words of The Greatest, Muhammad Ali, to sum up the mindset security officers need to have when they are assessing risk issues.

“Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.” ~Muhammad Ali

About Malcolm Harkins
As the Chief Security and Trust Officer at Cylance, Malcolm Harkins is responsible for all aspects of information risk and security, security and privacy policy, and for peer outreach activities to drive improvement across the world in the understanding of cyber risks and best practices to manage and mitigate those risks. Previously, he was Vice President and Chief Security and Privacy Officer at Intel Corp. In that role, Malcolm was responsible for managing the risk, controls, privacy, security and other related compliance activities for all of Intel's information assets, products and services.

About Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali is The Greatest of All Time.

 

 

 About Matt Stephenson
Insecurity Podcast host Matt Stephenson (@packmatt73) leads the Security Technology team at Cylance, which puts him in front of crowds, cameras, and microphones all over the world. He is the regular host of the InSecurity podcast and host of CylanceTV.

Twenty years of work with the world’s largest security, storage, and recovery companies has introduced Stephenson to some of the most fascinating people in the industry. He wants to get those stories told so that others can learn from what has come before.

Matt Stephenson

About Matt Stephenson

InSecurity host Matt Stephenson (@packmatt73) leads the  broadcast media at BlackBerry, which puts him in front of crowds, cameras, and microphones all over the world. He is the regular host of the award-winning InSecurity Podcast and video series at events around the globe.

Twenty years of work with the world’s largest security, storage, and recovery companies has introduced Stephenson to some of the most fascinating people in the industry. He wants to get those stories told so that others can learn from what has come before.