Security Expert Geer Sounds Off on Dismissal

Submitted by jbreland on Wed, 10/01/2003 - 09:17

For those not up to speed on this story, last week Dan Greer (CTO of security consultant @stake) and several others released a report entitled "Cyber Insecurity: The Cost of a Monopoly," in which they discussed the security issues related to Microsoft's market dominance (actual report can be found on the CCIA homepage).

Surprisingly, Greer was fired from his position as CTO of @stake one day after releasing the report. Why? Although @stake denies any involvement, Microsoft is one of their largest customers. Hmm... piss off a client in legitimate research and get fired? Wonderful.

So now, one week later, Greer himself has finally been interviewed about this. You can read the full story here. Although it's nothing earth-shattering, it does sum up the incredulity of the whole situation. Definitely worth a read.