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

[Nick FitzGerald <nick () virus-l demon co uk>]

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 the
> now infamous Sony rootkit...

That was outsourced.

Some Pommie outfit from memory...



Regards,

Nick FitzGerald


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