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Former Microsoft Security Strategist Goes to Mozilla

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Mary Jo
Mary Jo
Sep 7, 2006
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Window (yes, that is her real name) Snyder, a former Microsoft security strategist, has joined Mozilla to lead its security offensive. Snyder was involved in development of Windows XP SP2 and is credited with seeding the idea for Microsoft’s internal “Blue Hat” security briefings. Most recently, she was founder an dprincipal of Matasano Security, one of the companies hired by Microsoft to conduct simulated hack attacks on Windows Vista.

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