Re: [funsec] Sony Just Hired a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

2011-09-08 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Thu, 08 Sep 2011 01:40:23 EDT, Jeffrey Walton said: Philip Reitinger, former director of the United States National Cyber-Security Center, a division of the Department of Homeland Security, will be joining Sony as a chief information security officer, Sony said Sept. 6. Horses and barn

Re: [funsec] Sony Just Hired a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

2011-09-08 Thread Jeff Kell
On 9/8/2011 4:01 PM, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: Anybody want to guess what Sony's coffee/itsec ratio was? Black-hat or White-hat? It took some nontrivial effort to create the now infamous Sony rootkit... Jeff ___ Fun and Misc security discussion

Re: [funsec] Sony Just Hired a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

2011-09-08 Thread Nick FitzGerald
Jeff Kell to Valdis: Anybody want to guess what Sony's coffee/itsec ratio was? ...or still is? Do you really think making one high-profile (and presumably rather overpaid) C-level executive will greatly impact that ratio? Black-hat or White-hat? It took some nontrivial effort to create

Re: [funsec] Sony Just Hired a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

2011-09-08 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 4:01 PM, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: On Thu, 08 Sep 2011 01:40:23 EDT, Jeffrey Walton said: Philip Reitinger, former director of the United States National Cyber-Security Center, a division of the Department of Homeland Security, will be joining Sony as a chief

[funsec] Sony Just Hired a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

2011-09-07 Thread Jeffrey Walton
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Sony-Names-ExDHS-Director-to-Oversee-Security-Strategy-729811/ Philip Reitinger, former director of the United States National Cyber-Security Center, a division of the Department of Homeland Security, will be joining Sony as a chief information security officer,