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Eric Litt

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Companies may be unaware of the internal potential for computer security incidents.
BRUCE VERDUYN The incidents themselves were pretty major events.
CLINT NORRED Two other areas where we utilize GIS are HAZMAT incidents (oil spills and affected areas) and Homela...
HARRY CONOVER Other than a couple of incidents, he's been pretty good.
JACK QUATMAN We are investigating both of these incidents. They (investigators) have requested that all data from...
LAUREN PEDUZZI Martyrs are needed to create incidents. Incidents are needed to create revolutions. Revolutions ar...
CHESTER HIMES Incidents should not govern policy; but, policy incidents.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE We are closely monitoring the film and the reactions of patrons in our theaters, but as of today we ...
GREG DUNN [Beat downs] have been skipping through the city. [At Kennedy] we have had a reported increase in in...
ANDRES DURBAK Whenever some kind of mass shooting or any other kind of violent activity takes place, we kind of ho...
IBRAHIM HOOPER International incidents should not govern foreign policy, but foreign policy, incidents
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE This was the start of a period that blurs as I try to recall it. Incidents seem to cascade and merge...
JERRY SPINELLI The great secret of a successful marriage is to treat all disasters as incidents and none of the inc...
HAROLD NICOLSON Yesterday's incidents do bear similarities to the bomb attacks in London on July 7 in as much as the...
ANDY HAYMAN Everything has been calm and there have been no reports of injuries or incidents.
ELLEN MORGAN It will not end this year. It will not end next year. We may have it for many years to come. So Afgh...
HAMID KARZAI There's no question we can find random incidents that are really terrible and tragic. But, for the m...
HARVEY ROSENTHAL Everything has been going well so far, with very few incidents.
CARINA PERELLI We have the wrong impression of life. We think the very big incidents of our lives are consequences ...
ASGHAR FARHADI We can only monitor incidents like looting.
ALEXANDER IVANKO He has the most serious charges out of all of our inmates. It's a security protocol we follow to pre...
RANDY WARREN Except for a couple of bus accidents, there have been no major incidents.
MALCOLM MIDGLEY With so many incidents of identity loss via tape, some are wondering if they should get off tape,
CHARLES CURTIS We do use them for hazardous materials incidents.
BARY LUSBY The situation is serious enough at this stage, especially when taking into account the number of sec...
CLAIRE BOURGEOIS Our plan isn't to threaten them, but we want to address raising the standards on how their programs ...
JIM HANEY There have been skirmishes. The military tells us of 33 different incidents, although most of these ...
ATIKA SHUBERT We are looking into whether there were other incidents as well. Certainly if there are others who ha...
ELAINE DRISCOLL We believe we need that because the incidents of hate crimes have increased.
BILL COHEN We want to find out all the facts, what other students have to say about it, whether there have been...
TUSTIN AMOLE These incidents are not as rare as one might think.
BRIE BICKLEY The killers are still inside the National Penitentiary, and we have to be prepared for new incidents...
ARTURO ALVAREZ Equanimity means that one does not do abhorrence at the time of abhorrence (generating incidents) an...
DADA BHAGWAN Mr. Cline is also a person of interest in a number of other incidents both inside and outside our ju...
GREG HICKS These incidents are becoming increasingly targeted against UNHCR staff. We cannot work in this atmos...
JAKE MORLAND We're the backups to them (the NFL-contracted security companies). We lead the operational planning,...
JAMES TATE We're the backups to them [the NFL-contracted security companies]. We lead the operational planning,...
JAMES TATE You blokes saw the incidents,
LEE GILMOUR No serious incidents or problems were reported. We posted police officers at all major intersections...
KOBELI MOKHESENG It's sad that in 2006, we still have incidents where people are attacked because of their skin color...
BLANCHE HUGHES probably had been some incidents of over-reaction.
ADNAN PACHACHI We are deeply concerned about these statistics. We are very upset Florida shows an increase in anti-...
ANDREW ROSENKRANZ We have a very, very small amount of vehicle incidents on our streets.
LEAH HARDESTY I went down the street to the 24-hour grocery. When I got there, the guy was locking the front door....
STEPHEN WRIGHT Information about incidents, what's ahead of you, a closure ahead, certain routes are closed.
FRANK QUON We had some incidents where our crews did not feel comfortable.
RANDALL HELMICK Our emotions are only incidents in the effort to keep day and night together.
TS (THOMAS STEARNS) ELIOT The story of the Jews in the Bible is replete with incidents of their ingratitude to God for His gif...
ELLIOTT ABRAMS By myth I mean the arrangement of the incidents
ARISTOTLE There are also many more serious incidents, and it is extremely important that these are recorded.
DAVID MCCARTNEY Both incidents were reported by credible and reliable witnesses.
CRAIG LAMBINON The pilot released the weapon, and only after he released the weapon did the bus come on the bridge....
JAMIE SHEA These incidents have left the officers numb.
JON HAMM Disaster preparedness, whether it's in anticipation of potential weather-related incidents or terror...
BENNIE THOMPSON It was fairly quiet, there were no major problems, no really awful incidents. The people were very r...
KAREN GRAVA In view of the 5,000 'air rage' incidents each year,
DIANNE FEINSTEIN There are still unclear points about the U.S. investigation of the cause and steps to prevent simila...
MAMORU ISHIHARA He said there were too many incidents, but there's not enough incidents to make a drastic change in ...
JOE ALLEVA There are several incidents and policies that are unfairly targeting Muslims because of who they are...
NIHAD AWAD These are typical cases of suicide incidents within a family either because of living or work pressu...
YUAN RONGQIN Statistics tell us that when you have 10 medical incidents ? then you're going to have a lost-time a...
ED EPPING My heart's broken at what's going on. I don't think these are isolated incidents.
CAROLYN MCLAUGHLIN Such incidents cannot be part of the democratic struggle in Israel.
BENZI LIEBERMAN We respond to about 20 incidents related to these type of calls each year, but there are probably mo...
DAMIAN SMITHERS There has been some LTTE military action, but most of these incidents are by the peoples' militias.
ANTON BALASINGHAM This is not normal for an operator to have so many incidents in such a short amount of time.
DAMON HILL Because of the incidents before, they had seen inmates be transferred so they thought that was a goo...
DINA TYLER There was no confrontation prior to the incidents. They seem to just have come out and started beati...
KATHERINE COLLINS There has been some LTTE military action, but mostly these incidents are the peoples' militia.
ANTON BALASINGHAM We are deeply concerned about the continued erosion of Sri Lanka's four-year old ceasefire as marked...
ADAM ERELI We are deeply concerned about the continued erosion of Sri Lanka's four-year-old ceasefire as marked...
ADAM ERELI It's just one of those incidents. Hopefully, it was another good omen.
BRUCE LAROQUE Such incidents should not be shown until after the 9 p.m. watershed, and preferably not at all. It's...
MARTIN WARD We were informed that they went through without the escort, and we did an investigation of both inci...
ED COLETTA While there has been an increase of incidents at Logan over the previous years we are working to for...
JIM PETERS We are trying to make it more friendly for law enforcement to make arrests and more friendly for the...
JEFF MESSER Today's audiences are vastly more savvy than even audiences of 10 years ago, thanks to all the movie...
PAUL LEVINSON Some of the increases are due to gang activity, but some types of incidents involve a large congrega...
CAPT. DAVE SEARS These two incidents in the jail could have been prevented.
RICK DUNLAP We really are a 24/7 operation. We have people working every minute of every day.
ALAN FISCO They are a different breed and they need to be handled differently.
DR. CHIRAG RAVAL Because God is sovereignly in control, accidents are just incidents in God's good plan for you.
RICK WARREN A slightly different picture is emerging around the timing of these bomb incidents,
BRIAN PADDICK Ka knew very well that life was a meaningless string of random incidents
ORHAN PAMUK There's isolated incidents of companies (warning) because of patent expiration or pipeline problems ...
LEN YAFFE Luckily, we haven't had too many incidents. I'm sure the council will be discussing this again.
HAROLD DAVIS These incidents were not reported to us. When something isn't reported, there's nothing we can do.
GARY DAVIDSON We've got a got bunch of trained volunteers who are ready and willing to respond to these incidents....
DONNA PERRY it seems clear that the three (other) incidents, off Delaware and Texas and over New Mexico, are not...
JIM HALL The result would be terrible if incidents happened in these factories.
ZHOU SHENGXIAN She was treated no differently than any other individual.
SCOTT ANDREASSI She was treated no differently than any other individual.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY SCOTT ANDREASSI Work safety incidents, which always involve sacrifice of human lives, attracted wide public attentio...
WU BANGGUO Based on the risk analyses, we think that March is a critical period and we expect . . . new inciden...
JOZO BAGARIC We don't have to watch ... 24-7.
AHMAD RAZZAGHY Of course there have been some isolated incidents of violence masterminded by the opposition camp,
BENJAMIN MKAPA It is one of the incidents of the profession. [Lat., E un incidente del mestiere.]
UMBERTO I But our security forces have prevented the incidents from becoming bigger by behaving sensibly. Noth...
ISMAIL CALISKAN Allegations that Moroccan and Spanish officials were involved in the deaths of migrants are extremel...
HOLLY CARTNER This incident, which follows similar incidents, adds to a sense of insecurity and fear in the countr...
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