By Ian Jones, 1 February 2002 09:37
NEWS Microsoft has brought in an ex-Department of Justice (DoJ) executive as its top internal security expert. Scott Charney currently works in digital risk management and forensics at PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC), but from 1 April will head to Seattle to take up his role overseeing internal and product security policies. According to reports on CNet, Charney had worked as computer crime chief at the DoJ between 1991 and 1999, before joining PwC. He replaces Howard Schmidt, who left Microsoft to join the government's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board.
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