Reddit CISO Fredrick Lee says a focus on “security engineering” is critical for IT teams.

Wednesday? Wild. The weather’s getting warmer, which means it’s time to head to the lake—sorry, we mean the data lake.

In today’s edition:

Wild side

Cashing in

Trust you

—Brianna Monsanto, Eoin Higgins

CYBERSECURITY

Fredrick Lee

Reddit CISO Fredrick “Flee” Lee likes his profession just like his hobbies: full of high stakes.

When he isn’t busy ensuring the safety of users on Reddit or scrolling subreddits like r/MMA, you can catch him living life on the edge through activities like rock climbing, snowboarding, or motorcycling.

But that shouldn’t be too surprising: Lee, who began his role at the social platform in 2023, told IT Brew there are a lot of parallels between his outdoorsy hobbies and his day job, including a big focus on managing risks.

“There are all kinds of things that can happen to you on a motorcycle,” Lee said. “But if you manage risk, you can go really fast. You can race everybody else. You can get to these just glorious human experiences a lot of people don’t have.”

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IT OPERATIONS

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The financial services industry is trying to balance its enthusiasm for AI with concerns about security.

While the technology can streamline core processes for the industry, it also needs parameters, either at the regulatory level or with safeguards in the tech stack.

Talk to me. One of the ways companies are deploying AI to their operations is to add in ways for apps powered by the technology to communicate important data to stakeholders, said David Kang, CEO of Ducenta Squared Asset Management. His firm uses the technology to translate information about the markets to customers more quickly.

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IT OPERATIONS

Anna Kim

What’s yours is mine, and what’s mine is yours. That’s seemingly the motto of chief trust officers (CTrOs), whose role is heavily focused on a virtue that requires a village to create and maintain.

CTrOs are the newest trending role among SaaS vendors and other tech companies. Matt Aiello, partner at executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles, told IT Brew these professionals are specifically tasked with ensuring their company’s products are architected and deployed securely, as well as with interacting with customers.

“They’re pretty special. They’re uniquely technical…[and] they’re also very deep with customers,” Aiello said, adding CTrOs are like CTOs with deep security chops and an eye for product and security risks.

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PATCH NOTES

Francis Scialabba

Today’s top IT reads.

Stat: 1,000 times. That’s how much more memory capacity Majestic Labs AI claims its new server system Prometheus has over competitors. (the Wall Street Journal)

Quote: “This case has always been about Elon generating more power and more money for what he wants.”—OpenAI, in a statement about Elon Musk’s lawsuit against CEO Sam Altman, currently in court (the New York Times)

Read: The Supreme Court will rule on whether location data services require a warrant. (The Record)

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Michele Willis, the head of core engineering solutions at Chase, sat down with IT Brew to discuss how the financial institution developed its AI agent for continuous component testing. Here’s what you need to know about the AI agent that has been integrated into the workflow of 80 services across the company.

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