[ISN] Microsoft shuffles execs to combat security flaws

From: InfoSec News (isn@private)
Date: Tue Apr 13 2004 - 02:37:40 PDT

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    By Ina Fried 
    Staff Writer, CNET News.com
    April 12, 2004
    
    Microsoft has transferred two top executives to its security business
    unit, the latest in a series of shifts designed to put more resources
    into battling viruses and other threats.
    
    The company has shifted Gordon Mangione, head of Microsoft's SQL
    Server unit, to a new role as corporate vice president of security
    products. In his new position, Mangione will be responsible for the
    development and support of Microsoft security products, including the
    company's ISA Server, a product that acts as an intermediary between
    the Internet and a company's internal network.
    
    Microsoft also moved Rich Kaplan, who had been head of the company's
    content development and delivery group, to the newly created role of
    corporate vice president of security marketing. Kaplan has been doing
    some security work over the past year as Microsoft has sought to
    better publicize ways that companies can make using Microsoft products
    more secure. Kaplan also helped lead Microsoft's efforts regarding the
    Y2K issue.
    
    Mangione has had some experience dealing with security issues as well.  
    He headed the SQL unit when the SQL Slammer worm hit more than a year
    ago.
    
    Both Kaplan and Mangione will report to Mike Nash, the corporate VP
    who heads Microsoft's Security Business and Technology Unit. A
    Microsoft representative said the move is designed to expand the
    number of executives involved in the security push.
    
    "We are pleased to add both Rich Kaplan and Gordon Mangione, two very
    experienced and talented executives," security business unit
    representative Amy Carroll said in a statement.
    
    Amid continued criticism over security gaps, the company is pouring
    resources into security, shifting engineers away from Longhorn--the
    next version of Windows--to the team adding security improvements to
    Windows XP via the Service Pack 2 upgrade due shortly.
    
    Microsoft said a replacement for Kaplan has not yet been named, while
    Mangione's duties will be assumed by Paul Flessner, the senior vice
    president of Microsoft's overall server platform division, as well as
    by several general managers.
    
    
    
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