Twitter appoints Rinki Sethi as new information security head

Twitter previously has been a target of a breach where hackers accessed its internal systems

Twitter appointed Rinki Sethi, a former information security executive at IBM, as its chief information security officer, the social media company said in a tweet on Monday.

Today, I’m thrilled to welcome @rinkisethi as the new CISO of @twitter. An inspiring and experienced leader, Rinki comes to us via Rubrik, IBM, and Palo Alto Networks. At Twitter, she will lead our growing InfoSec team, protecting our customers and our company to earn trust.

— Nick Tornow (@nicktornow) September 28, 2020

Sethi had previously worked as the vice president of information security at cyber-security firm Palo Alto Networks, according to her LinkedIn profile.

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Reuters reported in July that Twitter, which had been without a security chief since December, stepped up its search in the weeks before the breach of high-profile accounts on its platform.

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Earlier in July, the company had reported a breach where hackers accessed its internal systems to hijack some of the platform’s top voices including US presidential candidate Joe Biden and reality TV star Kim Kardashian and used them to solicit digital currency.