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Like most CSOs, Joe Sullivan was drawn to the role to help prevent cybercrimes. His role as CSO of Uber was something of a shift from his previous job prosecuting cybercriminals as an assistant US attorney, but closer to the tip of the cybersecurity spear.
Joe Sullivan, the former Chief Security Officer (CSO) of Uber, has been sentenced to three years’ imprisonment and 200 hours of community service for covering up a cyber attack on the company’s servers in 2016, which led to a data breach affecting over 50 million riders and drivers.
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In fact, in March 2016, I wrote a piece in CNN calling for urgent action and offering solutions. The “people problem” is a phrase I heard in many different occasions when I met with IT managers (CISO, CSO, CIOs), many in leading research labs, national security establishments, and such.
It is not only the CISO, CSO or CIO’s responsibility to care and do the right thing. For instance, in August 2020, a former Uber company executive was criminally prosecuted for not disclosing a data breach back in 2016. Everyone is responsible and accountable.
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