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May 15, 2006 3:51 PM PDT

Microsoft hires software security expert

Software testing and security expert James Whittaker has joined Microsoft's Security Technology Unit as a security architect, a company representative said Monday. Whittaker has co-authored several books on security and most recently was a professor of computer science at the Florida Institute of Technology.

"James will focus on internal education and training efforts, as part of the Security Development Lifecycle process," the Microsoft representative said. The SDL process at Microsoft aims to vet code before pushing out products. Michael Howard, one of Whittaker's new colleagues, welcomes him on his blog.

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Well, it's about time...
by Take the Red Pill May 15, 2006 7:04 PM PDT
Is it just me, or shouldn't this have happened years ago? Vista is scheduled to be released in a matter of months and they're just now hiring a security expert..
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False premise
by aabcdefghij987654321 May 16, 2006 6:50 AM PDT
MS is hiring a specific security expert right now, you make the false premise of assuming they have no other experts.
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Well, it's about time...
by Take the Red Pill May 15, 2006 7:04 PM PDT
Is it just me, or shouldn't this have happened years ago? Vista is scheduled to be released in a matter of months and they're just now hiring a security expert..
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False premise
by aabcdefghij987654321 May 16, 2006 6:50 AM PDT
MS is hiring a specific security expert right now, you make the false premise of assuming they have no other experts.
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