Uber is going on a security hiring binge
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We now know one area Uber plans to invest in following the closing of its recent $1 billion funding round: security.
The ride-sharing startup plans to boost its security team from a staff of 25 to 100 by the end of 2015, Uber chief security officer Joe Sullivan told the Financial Times on Monday. Sullivan, a former assistant United States attorney who specialized in high tech crimes and hacking, joined Uber in April 2015 after a stint as Facebook’s chief security officer that lasted a little over five years.
Sullivan oversees Uber’s data infrastructure to make sure that it’s secure from hackers and other people who might try stealing sensitive information, according to the Financial Times report.
