Guy Rosen appointed as Meta's CISO

Meta Platforms Inc, the parent company of Facebook, has appointed Guy Rosen as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO).

has been associated with the company from 2013 and recently he was heading the company's product safety and integrity efforts. In his new role, he “will continue to oversee and look across the breadth of safety and security risks the people who use our services, our company and industry face," said in a tweet.

This is the first CISO Facebook has had.

Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said in a memo seen by a news agency that he had asked Rosen to assume the job and said the move was "another step to elevate this security work in our DNA - and strengthen our leadership and governance on security issues."

In his expanded role, Rosen "will have overall accountability for safety and security around on-platform abuse as well as the security of our products, infrastructure and company information - focused on both internal and external risks," Zuckerberg wrote.

Facebook's previous Chief Security Officer, Alex Stamos, left in 2018.