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Microsoft: 'Harden your environment'

The chief security advisor for Microsoft UK, Former FBI agent Ed Gibson, on Wednesday said enterprises must take steps to toughen their security... Read more

30 March, 2006 by Tom Espiner

Microsoft security chief bitten by rogue dialler

...have claimed a high-profile victim — Microsoft UK's chief security advisor Ed Gibson. Speaking to ZDNet UK on Tuesday, Gibson revealed that he has... Read more

6 September, 2005 by Tom Espiner

Microsoft UK turns to FBI for security advisor

...was welcomed by Richard Starnes, president of Information Systems Security Association UK. "Ed Gibson will be an excellent ambassador for Microsoft. He's well respected... Read more

23 May, 2005 by Graeme Wearden

Microsoft promises better security by 2006

...Speaking at the Information Systems Security Association conference in London on Thursday, Ed Gibson, chief security advisor for Microsoft UK, said the company's products... Read more

9 September, 2005 by Dan Ilett

US lawyers 'threatened' Nasa hacker, court hears

...on charges of hacking government and military systems. Then-FBI legal attaché Ed Gibson and a US government legal representative made the attempt during plea... Read more

16 June, 2008 by Tom Espiner

Highlights of the RSA Conference Europe 2007

...industry luminaries including former FBI agent and Microsoft's chief security advisor Ed Gibson. RSA Europe: How do you justify attending a conference? Chatting on... Read more

24 October, 2007 by ZDNet

Microsoft: Phishing is going out of fashion

...in harvesting consumer banking details, according to Microsoft UK chief security adviser Ed Gibson. Speaking to ZDNet UK this week, Gibson said that powerful cybercriminals... Read more

13 December, 2006 by Tom Espiner

Microsoft security chief attacks government

Microsoft UK's chief security advisor Ed Gibson has attacked the government over what he claims is a lack... Read more

1 February, 2006 by Andrew Donoghue

Microsoft turns to Spamhaus for security help

Ed Gibson, newly appointed chief security advisor for Microsoft UK, applauded Internet security... Read more

7 September, 2005 by Tom Espiner

UK suffers jump in online financial fraud

...at the RSA Conference Europe 2008 in London, Microsoft chief security adviser Ed Gibson, who helped advise the government on the newly formed Police Central... Read more

31 October, 2008 by Nick Heath

Gibson: Is McKinnon still here?

...of Gary McKinnon to have much sympathy with the alleged Nasa hacker. Ed Gibson, who now works for Microsoft as its security adviser to the... Read more

30 October, 2008

Microsoft: Police e-crime unit 'giant step forward'

...hailed as a "giant step forward" by Microsoft's UK security adviser, Ed Gibson. Speaking at a press event at the RSA Conference Europe 2008... Read more

30 October, 2008 by Tom Espiner

Belt-tightening may affect security, warn experts

...insecure technologies to lower costs," Mather said. Microsoft's UK security adviser, Ed Gibson, also appearing at the event, said that "security will suffer if... Read more

28 October, 2008 by Tom Espiner

Government launches new e-crime unit

...meeting last week with Microsoft's security advisor and ex-FBI agent Ed Gibson (speaking at the RSA Security Conference, in London on 27 October... Read more

30 September, 2008

Labour tech tsar attacks gov't comms-database plan

...communication to "assist in the investigation, detection and prosecution of serious crime". Ed Gibson, UK security chief at Microsoft and former top cybersecurity agent for... Read more

5 September, 2008 by Nick Heath

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