A CISO's task is thankless. Beyond financial compensation, which is comparatively lower than the "rock star developers" or executives, the CISO does not get th

A CISO's task is thankless. Beyond financial compensation, which is comparatively lower than the "rock star developers" or executives, the CISO does not get thanked for making the product(s) more secure, ensuring security tends to add more dev time and QA steps which makes everyone working on the product feel like things are taking longer. The CISO is fighting against the mindset of all other managers in the company who just want to "deliver" the features to make their numbers for the quarter (so they can get a bonus or be promoted), and the developers who are required to "cut corners" both in terms of quality and security in order to ship. Both Yahoo and Facebook have a history of insecurity that dates back far before the arrival of Alex Stamos, who as others have said, is the "fall guy" when the leaders of the organisation prioritise short-term profits/growth over the security of user's data.