Tue, Sep 06, 2011 | 11:22 BST
Sony appoints ex-Homeland Security official for security role following PSNGate
Sony’s announced that its appointed an ex official at Homeland Security to become its chief information security officer in the wake of PSNGate this past April.
Previous the director of the US National Cyber Security Center, Philip Reitinger will become a senior vice president in his new role at the company. He’ll be based in Washington DC, and will report directly to general counsel Nicole Seligman.
“Certainly the network issue was a catalyst for the appointment,” a Sony rep told Reuters. “We are looking to bolster our network security even further.”
Earlier this April, hackers gained access to PlayStation Network via external intrusion, and compromised the personal details of account holders.
As a result, Sony took the network and PlayStation Store down until May and June respectively.
7 comments
#1
RandomTiger
06/09/11, 11:29 am
Good to see Sony are continuing to take this seriously.
#2
OrbitMonkey
06/09/11, 11:29 am
Ex-Homeland Security? He’ll be sending the muslim staff to Guantanemo then.
#3
Deacon
06/09/11, 11:39 am
Sony announce PSN unhackable in 3….. 2….. 1……
; )
#4
tenthousandgothsonacid
06/09/11, 12:15 pm
Great idea, no-one’s ever hacked the FBI or Pentagon.
… no wait…
#5
Razor
06/09/11, 1:09 pm
The War on Hackers begins now.
#6
Yoshi
06/09/11, 1:14 pm
@5… first step, punishing the genuine buyers.
#7
mortiferus
06/09/11, 2:35 pm
LOL, cause all americans know just how well HLS does their job… Pray Sony gamers, pray.