Former Microsoft security strategist Window Snyder is joining Mozilla to lead the company"s effort to protect its range of desktop applications from malicious hacker attacks. Snyder, who was responsible for security sign-off for Microsoft"s Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows Server 2003, will spearhead Mozilla"s security strategy, eWEEK has learned.
hiring of Snyder is a coup for Mozilla Corp., the for-profit subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation, based in Mountain View, Calif. The group has seen its flagship Firefox Web browser chip away at the market dominance of Microsoft"s Internet Explorer, largely because of high-profile security flaws in and attacks on IE, and the addition of Snyder is sure to help beef up Mozilla"s security process and improve its communications with bug finders.