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Kiwi praetorian guards Google's global network
Kiwi praetorian guards Google's global network
By Peter Kerr for sticK
(sticK - 17 Dec. 2010 ) Three of Google's top internet security people are Kiwis - which on the law of averages is punching way above our weight.
But there's a pretty good reason for them landing roles as the world's biggest search engine's (of just one of its roles) sheriffs, based in Zurich.
All three, Ben Hawkes, Darren Bilby ('Sham') and Morgan Marquis-Boire had worked at either Lateral Security in Wellington or Security Assessment in Auckland.
Ben Hawkes was essentially headhunted to Google after winning a competition “Google Native Code” that exposed a number of security vulnerabilities. The company's HR department then contacted Lateral Security's sales director Ratu Mason who quite unashamedly was able to say Hawkes was a highly skilled operator who would be an absolute asset to any organisation. Hello Zurich.
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