LinkedIn: Our Tech Team Includes World-Class Security Experts

Social network defends its security posture and response to last weeks breach

Did LinkedIn drop the ball on information security?
In the wake of a breach of LinkedIn users passwords that first came to light last week--after a subset of those passwords were uploaded to an online password-cracking forum--security pundits have been asking how much LinkedIns business practices might have been at fault.
Multiple commentators have noted the absence of a chief security officer (CSO) or chief information security officer (CISO) on the LinkedIn organizational chart, with some inferring that the breach could thus be traced to a lax security attitude at the social network, because no one was responsible for IT security, according to TechWireAsia.
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