Xbox Live exec leans on his security background

By: Rafael Ruffolo - ComputerWorld Canada (08 Oct 2008) A Microsoft executive tells the SecTor 2008 crowd how to get every business unit thinking about protecting data without shelling out big bucks on new training and services TORONTO -- Encouraging security professionals to branch out and spread their knowledge to other business groups will increase an enterprise’s overall security without increasing the budget, according to a former program manager with Microsoft’s Security Response Center. In a keynote address at Wednesday’s Security Conference Toronto (SecTor), Stephen Toulouse – who now works as a lead program manager for policy and enforcement at Xbox Live – credited his background in security as the primary factor to his success as a well-rounded IT professional. At Xbox Live, Toulouse and his team help ensure that... [read full story]