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Equifax CEO Hired a Music Major as the Company's Chief Security Officer
Susan Mauldin, the person in charge of the Equifax's data security, has a bachelor's degree and a master of fine arts degree in music composition from the University of Georgia, according to her LinkedIn profile. Mauldin's LinkedIn profile lists no education related to technology or security. If that wasn't enough, news outlet MarketWatch reported on Friday that Susan Mauldin's LinkedIn page was made private and her last name was replaced with "M", in a move that appears to keep her education background secret.
Earlier this month Equifax, which is one of the three major consumer credit reporting agencies, said that hackers had gained access to company data that potentially compromised sensitive information for 143 million American consumers, including Social Security numbers and driver's license numbers. On Friday, the UK arm of the organisation said files containing information on "fewer than 400,000" UK consumers was accessed in the breach.
UPDATE (9/16/2017): CSO Susan Mauldin has abruptly 'retired' from Equifax.
Earlier this month Equifax, which is one of the three major consumer credit reporting agencies, said that hackers had gained access to company data that potentially compromised sensitive information for 143 million American consumers, including Social Security numbers and driver's license numbers. On Friday, the UK arm of the organisation said files containing information on "fewer than 400,000" UK consumers was accessed in the breach.
UPDATE (9/16/2017): CSO Susan Mauldin has abruptly 'retired' from Equifax.
Wouldn't you want someone who isn't an expert at singing when it comes time to testify?
Either way, she's in real deep Treble right about now...
(...I kid! I kid!)
Quo usque tandem abutere, Nimbus, patientia nostra?
That was very clefer.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
but thought she was the cat's meow when it came to managing high-tech companies
To be fair, slaying 30,000 serfs is pretty much the same in the 2000's as it was in the 1400's
She fell sharply flat with her security approach. Anymore to keep it going?
bassed on what, exactly?
I don't want to string anyone along here, but let's not harp on her minor credentials. While they struck a chord in some people, joining the chorus of citizens at fever pitch won't fix Equifax's systems that are baroque and in need of fiddling on a scale we haven't seen B4. It's important to note that the movement of filing key lawsuits will work in unison and reach a crescendo at some point. The drum beat of progress will necessitate major reforms that will even the score and serve as the prelude for improved security. The measure of any company in a situation like this is whether they change their tune and raise the bar, or have their finale.
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