What Happened?
CBS Interactive hired Floyd Fernandes as Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
About the Company
We are the premier online content network for information and entertainment. Our brands dive deep into the things people care about across entertainment, tech, news, games, business and sports. With over 1 billion users visiting our properties every quarter, we are a global top 10 web property and the largest premium content network online. Included in our portfolio of leading brands are the official sites of CBS, CBS News and CBS Sports as well as some of the top native digital brands in the industry: CNET, Gamespot, Comicvine, Download.com, MaxPreps, TV Guide, last.fm, Metacritic, MetroLyrics, Chowhound, TechRepublic, TV.com, and more! Truly premium content. At true scale. Only CBSi.
About the Person
Floyd Fernandes is Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at CBS Interactive. He has 21+ years of experience in information technology & information security in a range of industries from financials, software and telco having worked across the globe in Fortune 500 organizations. He currently leads the information security strategy for CBS Interactive's online content network & operations. Floyd manages and leads the application, platform & mobile security practices. Previously he founded the Product Security program at Autodesk during its business transformation to the cloud. He has extensive experience in secure architecture, design, testing and incident response handling. Floyd holds a Master's in Enterprise Architecture from Penn State and undergraduate degree in Computer Science from New Zealand as well as multiple industry certifications in security and networking.
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