Dan Verton and Deborah Radcliff

Articles by Dan Verton and Deborah Radcliff

Microsoft hires former DOJ cybercop

Computerworld US has learned that Microsoft Corp. plans to name Scott Charney, the former chief of computer crime at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and a partner at New York-based PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, as its new chief security strategist. He replaces Howard Schmidt, who left the company on Jan. 28 to join the Bush administration.

Microsoft taps former U.S. cybercop for top security slot

Microsoft Corp. is planning to name Scott Charney, the former chief of computer crime at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and a partner at New York-based PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, as its new chief security strategist. He replaces Howard Schmidt, who left the company on Jan. 28 to join the Bush administration.

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