Alex Stamos was the chief security officer at Facebook from 2015-2018. He is currently an adjunct professor at Stanford’s Freeman-Spogli Institute, a William J. Perry Fellow at the Center for International Security and Cooperation, and a visiting scholar at the Hoover Institution. This is the transcript of an interview with
Category: Big Data
Big data is a field that treats ways to analyze, systematically extract information from, or otherwise, deal with data sets that are too large or complex to be dealt with by traditional data-processing application software.
The Facebook Dilemma | Interview Of Guy Rosen: Facebook VP Of Product Management
Guy Rosen has served as the vice president of product management at Facebook since 2013. This is the transcript of an interview with Frontline’s James Jacoby conducted on September 5, 2018. It has been edited in parts for clarity and length. Bring me back to the moment when you’re basically
Martech Is Transforming Advertising, Content Marketing And Sales Management – But Be Cautious Of Its Pitfall
The number of vendors offering marketing tech is exploding, but too many companies take a “bottom-up” approach to purchasing it: Rather than starting with the objective of solving a problem, they begin with what is being sold to them. As a result they waste money on hoarding data they don’t
The Spy In Your Phone: Because Every System Can Be Hacked – Detail Story About How Pegasus Works
In mid-2020, a mobile phone belonging to an Al Jazeera Arabic investigative team was hacked. Over the next few months, reporter Tamer Almisshal and the Canadian research group Citizen Lab investigated Pegasus, the sophisticated spyware used. Pegasus is manufactured by an Israeli technology company called the NSO Group and is
The Facebook Dilemma | Interview Of Brad Parscale: Trump 2016 Digital Media Director
Brad Parscale was a digital and media advisor for Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. He is currently managing Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign. This is the transcript of an interview with Frontline’s James Jacoby conducted on August 8, 2018. It has been edited in parts for clarity and length. At what
Harness Your Data’s Full Potential By Going What To Why: How Data Storytelling Is Key To Success
To maximize the potential that data has to offer, most companies have identified the need to democratize data throughout their businesses. The goal is to make it easy for anyone in the organization to access the key metrics they need to make better decisions. In a recent survey of 500
The Facebook Dilemma | Interview Of David Madden: Tech Entrepreneur
David Madden is the founder of Phyandeeyar, an innovation lab that invests in local technology startups and trains entrepreneurs in Myanmar. He is also an entrepreneur-in-residence at Omidyar Network, an impact investment firm. This is the transcript of an interview with Frontline’s James Jacoby conducted on June 19, 2018. It
The Facebook Dilemma | Interview Of Tessa Lyons: Facebook Product Manager
Tessa Lyons has served as a product manager at Facebook since 2017, focusing on the integrity of information on the site’s News Feed. She originally joined Facebook as a business lead to the company’s chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg. This is the transcript of an interview with Frontline’s James Jacoby
The Pegasus Exposé: A Timely Wakeup Call
The Pegasus exposé highlights the urgent need for ‘defence in depth’: The Pegasus Project – a collaborative exposé by more than 80 journalists from across the globe – is a timely wakeup call for any business that thinks its data is secure. Because the frightening reality is: it’s not. The
The Facebook Dilemma | Interview Of Sam Woolley: Computational Propaganda Project
Sam Woolley is the director of research for the Computational Propaganda Project. This is the transcript of an interview with Frontline’s James Jacoby conducted on March 1, 2018. It has been edited in parts for clarity and length. So let’s start at the beginning. How did you get involved in
The Facebook Dilemma | Interview Of Elizabeth Linder: Former Facebook Politics & Government Specialist
Elizabeth Linder was a politics and government specialist at Facebook from 2008-2016. She founded and is currently CEO of The Conversational Century. This is the transcript of an interview with Frontline’s James Jacoby conducted on April 13, 2018. It has been edited in parts for clarity and length. Let’s start
The Facebook Dilemma | Interview Of Clint Watts: Foreign Policy Research Institute
Clint Watts is a distinguished research fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute and a senior fellow at the Center for Cyber and Homeland Security at The George Washington University. He is also a national security contributor for NBC News and MSNBC. This is the transcript of an interview with
