In January, Microsoft Corp. turned in a new strategic direction, with Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates telling employees that they must now make security in Microsoft’s products their first priority. On Friday, the company turned to an outside security expert to help implement that goal. Microsoft is bringing on Scott Charney, a principal […]
In January, Microsoft Corp. turned in a new strategic direction, with Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill
Gates telling employees that they must now make security in Microsoft’s products their first priority. On Friday, the company turned
to an outside security expert to help implement that goal.
Microsoft is bringing on Scott Charney, a principal for PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Cybercrime Prevention and Response Practice, to serve as the company’s chief security strategist, replacing Howard Schmidt, who left the company after he was tapped by the Bush administration as electronic security advisor.
Charney has been charged with developing strategies to enhance the security of Microsoft’s products, services and infrastructures.
|
Datamation Flashback |
But Charney is not a software engineer. The Syracuse University law school graduate made his name in computer security circles while
chief of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS). From 1991 to 1999, while with
the DOJ, Charney used wire taps to catch and prosecute the notorious teenage hacking crew known as the Masters of Deception (MOD).
Under his direction, the division also investigated and prosecuted a number of other international hacker cases, economic espionage
cases and violations of federal criminal copyright and trademark laws.
“As one of the industry’s top computer security experts, Scott has wide-ranging experience in cybercrime and computer forensics,
which will make him an essential member of Microsoft’s Trustworthy Computing leadership team,” said Craig Mundie, chief technical
officer at Microsoft. “Scott takes a long-term, industry-wide perspective on security strategy and understands the critical
challenge of building safe and secure software and services for our customers and the industry.”
After leaving the DOJ, Charney moved on to PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he worked to provide computer security services to major
companies. Those services included designing and building computer security systems, testing existing systems, and investigating
cybercrimes.
“I am excited to join Microsoft, especially in light of the company’s significant commitment to Trustworthy Computing,” Charney
said. “The opportunity to work at Microsoft to enable Trustworthy Computing through secure technologies, products and services made
this job, in a word, irresistible.”
Huawei’s AI Update: Things Are Moving Faster Than We Think
FEATURE | By Rob Enderle,
December 04, 2020
Keeping Machine Learning Algorithms Honest in the ‘Ethics-First’ Era
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | By Guest Author,
November 18, 2020
Key Trends in Chatbots and RPA
FEATURE | By Guest Author,
November 10, 2020
FEATURE | By Samuel Greengard,
November 05, 2020
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | By Guest Author,
November 02, 2020
How Intel’s Work With Autonomous Cars Could Redefine General Purpose AI
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | By Rob Enderle,
October 29, 2020
Dell Technologies World: Weaving Together Human And Machine Interaction For AI And Robotics
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | By Rob Enderle,
October 23, 2020
The Super Moderator, or How IBM Project Debater Could Save Social Media
FEATURE | By Rob Enderle,
October 16, 2020
FEATURE | By Cynthia Harvey,
October 07, 2020
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | By Guest Author,
October 05, 2020
CIOs Discuss the Promise of AI and Data Science
FEATURE | By Guest Author,
September 25, 2020
Microsoft Is Building An AI Product That Could Predict The Future
FEATURE | By Rob Enderle,
September 25, 2020
Top 10 Machine Learning Companies 2020
FEATURE | By Cynthia Harvey,
September 22, 2020
NVIDIA and ARM: Massively Changing The AI Landscape
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | By Rob Enderle,
September 18, 2020
Continuous Intelligence: Expert Discussion [Video and Podcast]
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | By James Maguire,
September 14, 2020
Artificial Intelligence: Governance and Ethics [Video]
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | By James Maguire,
September 13, 2020
IBM Watson At The US Open: Showcasing The Power Of A Mature Enterprise-Class AI
FEATURE | By Rob Enderle,
September 11, 2020
Artificial Intelligence: Perception vs. Reality
FEATURE | By James Maguire,
September 09, 2020
Anticipating The Coming Wave Of AI Enhanced PCs
FEATURE | By Rob Enderle,
September 05, 2020
The Critical Nature Of IBM’s NLP (Natural Language Processing) Effort
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | By Rob Enderle,
August 14, 2020
Thor Olavsrud is a journalist covering data analytics, security, infrastructure, and networking for CIO.com. He's especially interested in companies that use data to transform their business to tackle problems in innovative ways. As a senior writer, his articles focus on practical insights, analysis, and business use cases that can help CIOs and other IT leaders navigate the shifting IT landscape.
Datamation is the leading industry resource for B2B data professionals and technology buyers. Datamation's focus is on providing insight into the latest trends and innovation in AI, data security, big data, and more, along with in-depth product recommendations and comparisons. More than 1.7M users gain insight and guidance from Datamation every year.
Property of TechnologyAdvice. © 2025 TechnologyAdvice. All Rights Reserved
Advertiser Disclosure: Some of the products that appear on this site are from companies from which TechnologyAdvice receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site including, for example, the order in which they appear. TechnologyAdvice does not include all companies or all types of products available in the marketplace.
