Sony has hired Philip Reitinger, former director of the US National Cyber Security Center, to head up its security efforts. Remember back in April when the PlayStation Network was down for a long time, and Sony promised they would "try our absolute best to try and make our system as secure as we possibly can?" The company just announced this major step toward that end.
Reitinger's official title will be senior vice president. He'll be based in Washington and will report to Sony general counsel Nicole Seligman.
"Certainly the network issue was a catalyst for the appointment," a Sony spokesman told Reuters. "We are looking to bolster our network security even further."
Do you feel the PSN is more secure than it was? Do you think Sony is doing enough? Personally, I think the PSN is likely to become the most secure gaming network ever. Sony lost so much money and good will with the outage in April and May, they won't ever let anything like that happen to them again.
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DPsx72
People need to realize that extra security isn't going to cut it. Hackers have the same tools if not better. Sony wasn't the only target months ago, they were just the highest profile of several companies. They were able to prevent misuse of any data that may have been taken and that's good enough.
To the other nutjob, what were they supposed to say? It took the teams that long to understand what happened. Complicated hacks aren't exactly announcing what they took overnight. Saying something is wrong without much explanation wouldn't have changed anything. It's still FAR better than the 3 years it took M$ to admit the hardware sucked and yeah they were hacked much earlier. Strange how the trolls ignore that slice of reality...
Americans must have been too poor to buy the PS3 at launch. Sony traditionally prices their products high. They must have been offended to still hate on Sony to this day, but as the saying goes you get what you pay for. My hardware doesn't break and gives me all the best games.
Sally Wong
First : If you believe what " Sony " is Stating, then it's obvious that you will eat anything that is put in front of you.
The "Sony Corporation" as a whole, is a complete failure from start to finish. The 2 hour download times for loading on line games is totally insane and ridiculous , and I hope you like rebooting your console, because thats exactly what you will be doing, because of system errors that pop up constantly on the PS3 in multiplayer mode.
There are tons of modified PS3 units now playing in the multiplayer games, and if you dare report these cheaters you stand a very good chance of being suspended for reporting them.
There are few to no great games in sight for the " Move ", and the PS3 is so backwards and redundant as a video game unit, I just can't see or believe anyone would give praise or credit to this electronic dog.
My personal advise ! Don't waste your time or dollars or get involved with anything that has " Sony " written on it.
Love and Kisses: Sally Wong.
TheBRADLeyB
The thing that bothers me with the Sony Hack was how Sony seemingly failed to notify customers and react to the events.
I mean yes being down for 29 days or however long it was is a huge black eye but Sony lost more credibility with me after it took them a week to tell us what happened.
Even Xbox Live was hacked sometime between 2006-2009. I want it say it was maybe in 2007. but my dates might be off completely to begin with.
cardinalsfan1122
To all you saying that Sony is just telling you what you want to hear, here you go, they are trying to secure the network. Before it WAS the most secure network. The numbers dont lie the only problem was that they pursued legal action against someone who broke a contract with them and risked the safety of ALL PSN members, and that got alot of hackers angry. Thus they worked non-stop to eventually reach their goal of shutting down PSN.
And FYI homeland security has one of the most advanced cyber security divisions behind the FBI.
vole182
Yeah I am not certain Sony is ready for the type of spending he'll want.
MasterOfWeed
Gee I wonder if HOMEland security will be able to help on the internet. Either way I laughed.
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