MySpace Gets New Security ChiefMySpace Gets New Security Chief

The former Microsoft director of child-safe computing takes post as the community site battles lurking pedophiles.

Thomas Claburn, Editor at Large, Enterprise Mobility

April 14, 2006

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Stung by fears that pedophiles are lurking on its Web site, online community MySpace has hired its first chief security officer. Hemanshu Nigam comes from Microsoft, where he was director of child-safe computing. In March, the FBI arrested two men for sexual assault after they contacted children on MySpace. Nigam's a heavyweight, having specialized in crimes against kids and computer crimes as a U.S. prosecutor.

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Thomas Claburn

Editor at Large, Enterprise Mobility

Thomas Claburn has been writing about business and technology since 1996, for publications such as New Architect, PC Computing, information, Salon, Wired, and Ziff Davis Smart Business. Before that, he worked in film and television, having earned a not particularly useful master's degree in film production. He wrote the original treatment for 3DO's Killing Time, a short story that appeared in On Spec, and the screenplay for an independent film called The Hanged Man, which he would later direct. He's the author of a science fiction novel, Reflecting Fires, and a sadly neglected blog, Lot 49. His iPhone game, Blocfall, is available through the iTunes App Store. His wife is a talented jazz singer; he does not sing, which is for the best.

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