Facebook Hires Yahoo’s Cyber Security Chief Alex Stamos As Its Chief Security Officer

After having served Yahoo for little more than a year, Alex Stamos, Yahoo’s cybersecurity Chief has moved to Facebook, according to reports.

According to a report on CNET, Alex Stamos has joined Facebook as its Chief Security Officer. He joined Yahoo in March 2014 as its chief information security officer and on June 24, he revealed his decision through a post on Facebook. Before joining Yahoo in 2014, Stamos was the chief technology officer for security firm Artemis, as per the CNET report.

Stamos will fill up the vacancy that was last held by Joe Sullivan who took over as the first Chief Security Officer at Uber in April this year. Besides Stamos, other top level executives who moved out of Yahoo include Mike Kerns, a senior executive who was previously in charge of Yahoo's homepage and Ned Brody, Head of Americas, reports CNET.

Stamos said he is joining Facebook to create secure products that will help in providing personal, educational and economic opportunities, especially to the underserved population across the world, reports CNET. Through his Facebook post, Stamos said, "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," quoted CNET. "The Facebook security team has demonstrated a history of innovation as well as a unique willingness to share those innovations with the world, and we will build upon that history in the years to come.”

According to a report on ZDNet, with more than 1.14 billion users across the globe, the privacy and security concerns of the social networking giant are quite prominent and ever increasing. Stamos will take over his new role from June 29, reports ZDNet.

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