Dr. Dobb’s Magazine: Mozilla’s New Security Chief: Dump Old Code

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 15, 2006

“Mozilla Corp. has hired a former Microsoft security strategist
to help secure its open-source software, particularly its Firefox
browser.

“Window Snyder, whose hiring was announced last week, takes the
title of ‘Chief Security Something’–that’s a working title, and
not all that unusual for a company headed by someone who once held
the title of ‘Chief Lizard Wrangler’–said she has big plans for
the group’s development efforts…”

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Australia: Mozilla Taps Former Microsoft Executive for
Security
(Sep 07, 2006)

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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