Report: Home Depot hires first-ever CIO
Home Depot, which was hit by a widely publicized data breach in 2014, has reportedly hired its first chief information security officer, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Atlanta-based Home Depot Inc. has appointed former Time Warner and Visa executive Jamil Farshchi to the new position of chief information security officer (CISO), according to the Journal.
The move comes months after the home improvement retailer said its payment systems were breached at some 2,200 U.S. and Canadian stores.
Farshchi, who most recently served as CISO for Time Warner, will have responsibility for managing Home Depot’s information security, data protection and vulnerability management. He will report to the chain’s CIO, Matt Carey. Prior to Time Warner, Farshchi was VP for global information security at Visa Inc.
Read the Journal's story here.