GitHub recently hired Mike Hanley as its first-ever Chief Security Officer to lead security efforts at the company. Being one of the largest open-source communities globally, Github hosts millions of developers’ research work and projects. Thus, security is core to the company’s mission.
Hanley has built a reputation for making security easy and effective and has led the Duo Security program. In the past, GitHub has invested in areas such as password authentication and eliminating third-party tracking cookies on the website. Hanley will work on strengthening GitHub’s approach to developer-first security.
In a recent blog post, Hanley addressed the importance of having critical capabilities in security. He said, “As a security practitioner, this is also an exciting transition for me as much of the security community, and many of my favourite security projects live on GitHub, like CloudMapper, stethoscope, GoPhish, and osquery. I couldn’t be more excited to help secure the platform that’s made these influential projects possible and expanded their reach in incredible ways.”
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