[rdez6173]

The only person that made this about the CISOs gender is you. OPs point was about the lack of credentials, which would apply to anyone.

I think it's a reasonable conclusion to draw, due to the nature of the very sensitive data at risk.

Having professional accreditation that you should be overseeing the security of peoples most sensitive information is objectively a good idea.

Muddying the conversation with virtual signaling is more surprising to see on HN.

[prvit]

>The only person that made this about the CISOs gender is you. OPs point was about the lack of credentials, which would apply to anyone.

Except it seemingly doesn't apply to literally every other CISO. Does the CISO at Meta have a relevant degree? No. Did Mudge have a relevant degree while he was the CISO at Twitter? No, he also had a music degree. Does Coinbase CISO in charge of securing many billions hold a relevant degree? Nope. Does the CISO at Stripe hold a relevant degree? Again nope.

>Having professional accreditation that you should be overseeing the security of peoples most sensitive information is objectively a good idea.

It's a good idea, yes! Did some meaningful professional accreditation exist at the time? Nope!

[thwayunion]

The article is about Equifax.

[johnbellone]

They were stating the facts around the Equifax breach which is on topic. What is a surprise is the conversation being derailed because someone wanted to make their comment about gender. It isn’t.

https://archive.ph/Afnyl