Alex Stamos

Alex Stamos
Stamos at Web Summit 2015 in Dublin, Ireland
Born
Los Angeles County, California[citation needed]
Occupation(s)Chief security officer, computer scientist
SpouseKatie Stamos
Children3

Alex Stamos is an American[1] computer scientist[citation needed] and adjunct professor at Stanford University's Center for International Security and Cooperation.[2] He is the former chief security officer (CSO) at Facebook. His planned departure from the company, following disagreement with other executives about how to address the Russian government's use of its platform to spread disinformation during the 2016 U.S. presidential election, was reported in March 2018.[3]

  1. ^ "Greek-American Alex Stamos to Appear on Niall Ferguson's Networld on PBS". The National Herald. Archived from the original on 6 September 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  2. ^ "FSI - CISAC - Alex Stamos". Center for International Security and Cooperation. Archived from the original on 11 September 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  3. ^ Perlroth, Nicole; Frenkel, Sheera; Shane, Scott (19 March 2018). "Facebook Security Chief Said to Leave After Clashes Over Disinformation". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 March 2018.