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How many people are still under the CISO at NYT? I’m getting spidy-senses tingling that there was bloat in that part of the org, not some insane “we don’t need

How many people are still under the CISO at NYT? I’m getting spidy-senses tingling that there was bloat in that part of the org, not some insane “we don’t need security” type of angle. EDIT: it looks like NYT hired a CISO around August https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.csoonline.com/article/3204008/security-executives-on-the-move-and-in-the-news.amp.html https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.csoonline.com/article/32040...

Spooky23 7y ago
A high profile CISO doesn’t want some pretender to the throne making noise in another org. This definitely sounds like office power politics dragged into the public square. One more reason to hate Twitter.
- ajhurliman 7y ago
  Or at least the users who conflate their being forced out with a lack of commitment to infosec
marcoseliziario 7y ago
The NYT had been hiring like crazy for a few years. Given the financial state most of the traditional media is in, this looks more like plain old cost-cutting on intermediary management layers.
tenpies 7y ago
This. The most likely scenario to me seems that NYT is seeing a very clear trend after several years of flaunting a complete lack of accountability, highly controversial (not in a good way) hires, and obscene levels of bias for "the newspaper of record". Like most Leftist media agencies, it's probably seeing some tough times coming up, so it makes sense to cut costs in areas that are not attracting subscribers.
dontbenebby 7y ago
How do we know the stated reason is the real reason? The one thing I don't see being raised anywhere is that it's incredibly common in civil society for folks who are "shrill" (supportive of equality for all races, gender identities, etc) tend to be pushed out for "lack of cultural fit".
- DoreenMichele 7y ago
  One of the problems is that a lot of people who are nominally "supportive of equality for all races, gender identities, etc" are actually openly hostile to cishet white men with money. I think it's possible to separate those two things and I have this hypothesis that you will get further if you are careful to do so and are less likely to be called "shrill" and pushed out.
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- egdod 7y ago
  The fact that the racist Sarah Jeong still works there weighs against this theory. The Times is depressingly “woke.”

Spooky23 7y ago

A high profile CISO doesn’t want some pretender to the throne making noise in another org. This definitely sounds like office power politics dragged into the public square. One more reason to hate Twitter.

ajhurliman 7y ago
Or at least the users who conflate their being forced out with a lack of commitment to infosec

marcoseliziario 7y ago

The NYT had been hiring like crazy for a few years. Given the financial state most of the traditional media is in, this looks more like plain old cost-cutting on intermediary management layers.

tenpies 7y ago

This. The most likely scenario to me seems that NYT is seeing a very clear trend after several years of flaunting a complete lack of accountability, highly controversial (not in a good way) hires, and obscene levels of bias for "the newspaper of record". Like most Leftist media agencies, it's probably seeing some tough times coming up, so it makes sense to cut costs in areas that are not attracting subscribers.

dontbenebby 7y ago

How do we know the stated reason is the real reason? The one thing I don't see being raised anywhere is that it's incredibly common in civil society for folks who are "shrill" (supportive of equality for all races, gender identities, etc) tend to be pushed out for "lack of cultural fit".

DoreenMichele 7y ago
One of the problems is that a lot of people who are nominally "supportive of equality for all races, gender identities, etc" are actually openly hostile to cishet white men with money. I think it's possible to separate those two things and I have this hypothesis that you will get further if you are careful to do so and are less likely to be called "shrill" and pushed out.
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egdod 7y ago
The fact that the racist Sarah Jeong still works there weighs against this theory. The Times is depressingly “woke.”