Tech giants Twitter, Google lose information security officers

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Tech giants Twitter, Google lose information security officers

San Francisco - Coates' interim replacement is Joseph Camilleri, a senior manager for information security and risk.

By IANS

Published: Thu 22 Mar 2018, 9:22 AM

Last updated: Thu 22 Mar 2018, 6:13 PM

As tech companies reel under mounting pressure to prevent their platforms from data breach and fake news, Twitter's Chief Information Security Officer Michael Coates has decided to quit.
In a tweet on Thursday, Coates who joined Twitter in 2015 announced his departure from the micro-blogging website.
"Twitter has been an amazing ride, but as I mentioned internally a few weeks back, my time is coming to an end. I'm confident to leave the program with an amazing security team," Coates tweeted.

Twitter has been an amazing ride, but as I mentioned internally a few weeks back, my time is coming to an end. I'm confident to leave the program with an amazing security team. What's next? I'm off to co-found a security startup - hope to share more about what we're doing soon!
- Michael Coates (@_mwc) March 21, 2018

So many thanks to all the wonderful people I've worked with. You all make Twitter an amazing place!
- Michael Coates (@_mwc) March 21, 2018

According to The Verge, Coates' interim replacement is Joseph Camilleri, a senior manager for information security and risk.
Coates' departure comes soon after reports surfaced that Facebook's Chief Information Security Officer Alex Stamos is planning to leave the company by August.

Facebook is facing the heat after Cambridge Analytica, a British consulting company, was accused of harvesting data of up to 50 million Facebook users without permission and using the data to help politicians, including US President Donald Trump and the Brexit campaign.

Meanwhile, Michael Zalewski, Director of Information Security Engineering at Google, has also announced his departure from that company after 11 years.
Zalewski will join Snap Inc, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters.
Matthew Moore, who was earlier an engineering director at Google, also joined Snap as chief information security officer this year, according to his LinkedIn profile.
Gerhard Eschelbeck now leads the security team at Google.
On Monday, Facebook Inc's chief information security officer Alex Stamos was reported to be departing in August over disagreements in how the site should deal with its role in spreading disinformation.