Texas Attorney General Honored for Fighting Internet Child Predators

In an October 16th 2007 press release, McAfee announced that the corporation was giving an award for fighting cyber crime to Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott. According to the McAfee press release, Attorney General Abbott has been responsible for the conviction of over 90 online child predators with an 100% conviction rate. The name of the award Abbott is receiving is the McAfee Cybercrime Fighter Award, and it is given to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to fighting cyber crime.

The award was presented October 16th to Abbott during the McAfee Strategic Executive Security Summit in Dallas, Texas. Dave DeWalt, president and CEO of McAfee, Inc. was quoted in the press release as saying: "What is more important to us than the safety and well being of our children? Attorney General Abbott has been a national leader in the fight to protect our children online, and as a father of three children, I thank him for his courage and determination in going after online child predators."

The McAfee, Inc press release stated that Attorney General Abbott has been the Texas Attorney General since 2002, and established Texas' first Cyber Crimes Unit in 2003. In May of 2006, the United States Department of Justice gave the Cyber Crimes Unit initiated by Attorney General Abbot a grant so that the cyber unit could start one of the fifty Internet Crimes Against Children Task Forces now existing across the nation. Abbott is also known for asking for his educational efforts and his attempts to get social networking sites to issue safeguards for children.

The McAfee, Inc. press release indicated that the McAfee Cybercrime Fighter Award is part of McAfee's Corporate Responsibility program. For more information on the McAffee Corporate Responsibility program interested persons are directed to: http://www.mcafee.com/responsibility

The page has an essay on corporate citizenship Another programs listed on the McAfee website responsibility page is a McAfee's Ethics First Program.