Ben Fathi: Microsoft's new Security Chief looks beyond Vista
The responsibility for protecting Windows systems against ever-increasing threats is in new hands. Ben Fathi, a software engineer by trade, took over from Mike Nash as corporate vice president of Microsoft's Security Technology Unit on June 1 . Nash is on sabbatical. The change is part of a recent shakeup in Microsoft's executive ranks, which also put someone new in charge of Windows . Iranian-born Fathi is a tech geek who spent the last eight years in the shadows at Microsoft working on file systems. Now he's in the spotlight--in arguably the most thankless job in Redmond. Fathi is responsible for security features in Windows and other Microsoft products. Nash liked to be the public face of Microsoft security, hosting regular "Security360" Web casts , blogging and speaking in public. That's new territory for Fathi, who delivered the first speech in his new role on Monday at Microsoft's TechEd event in Boston. Fathi, an amateur photographer, is back...