Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) has hired Alex Stamos as its new chief security officer, according to a Facebook post from Wednesday. Since last year, Mr. Stamos has served as chief information security officer at Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO). The need to fill the vacancy for security personnel at Facebook arose after ride-sharing startup Uber poached its security executive, Joe Sullivan, in April. In the Facebook post, Mr. Stamos explained the reason for joining the social media titan. He wants to focus on building secure products to help provide opportunities for educational, economical, and personal purposes, to underprivileged people around the world; especially those in developing countries. He wrote: “There is no company in the world that is better positioned to tackle the challenges faced not only by today’s Internet users but for the remaining [two-thirds] of humanity we have yet to connect.” It is somewhat clear that his decision to switch employers was neither due to being mistreated at Yahoo nor because his previous employer went against his actions related to cyber security. The new chief security executive does not only wish to tighten up privacy and security measures, but also wants to work toward providing opportunities to the under-served areas of […]
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