Folks, We're now back to our regularly-scheduled CRIME meetings on the 2nd Tuesdays at Verizon (http://crime.whiteknighthackers.com/meetings.php3). We have a very special speaker: Scott Charney, Microsoft's Chief Security Strategist. Topic: "Technology, Law, and Change: A Global View" Tell your friends about it. Let's attend in force! Note: HPD will be discussing plans to open up the PRS program for a second wave of applicants... __________________________ Scott's Bio: Scott Charney, formerly a principal for PricewaterhouseCoopers' Cybercrime Prevention and Response Practice, joined Microsoft as chief security strategist. Charney focuses on developing strategies to enhance the security of Microsoft products, services and infrastructures as part of the Trustworthy Computing initiative. Charney takes a long-term, industry wide perspective on security strategy and understands the critical challenge of building safe and secure software and services for industry. During Charney's tenure at PricewaterhouseCoopers, he provided proactive and reactive computer security services to major companies, including designing and building computer security systems from scratch, testing existing systems, conducting cybercrime investigations, and assisting companies responding to electronic discovery requests. Before joining PricewaterhouseCoopers, Charney served as chief of the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS), Criminal Division, at the Department of Justice, from 1991 to 1999. Under his direction, CCIPS investigated and prosecuted national and international hacker cases, economic espionage cases, and violations of federal criminal copyright and trademark laws. Before joining the federal prosecutive ranks, Charney was an assistant district attorney in Bronx County, New York, ultimately serving as deputy chief of the Investigations Bureau. Charney holds a degree from Syracuse University College of Law as well as bachelor's degrees in history and English from the State University of New York at Binghamton.
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