Interview With Microsoft's Chief of Security

Paul Coe Clark III writes: "I interviewed Howard Schmidt, Microsoft's head of security, questioning him about, among other things, cyberterrorism and Redmond's responsibility for insecure features in the wake of many virus attacks. /. readers might find it interesting. They can find it here."

Insecurity

[Lester67]

Well, the way you guys constantly dog out Microsoft around here it's no wonder it is insecure. A little TLC should get them back in order in no time.

Mistyping of what he _actually_ said...

[joebp]

Q: You're the chief security officer of Microsoft. Explain for us a little bit how security fits into the Microsoft corporate structure.

A: Security?

Q: ... yeah, security ...

A: Oh... that......... Our policy is to blame the people who find the holes in our software...

Q: What about the people who put the holes in the software in the first place?

A: Yes, of course. We're currently trying to purge the Al Quida factions from our programming team.

Tyops?

[Steve G Swine]

Is there some sort of steganography going on in the typos of this interview?

number one priority?

[Dr. Awktagon]

I think security is recognized as the number-one priority across the company.

After the interview, Mr. Schmidt realized that the question was actually about Microsoft's software products, and not about locking the doors each night at MS HQ.

Now there's a title...

[infinite9]

Microsoft's head of security

Isn't that like the taliban having a minister of women's rights?