WASHINGTON—TikTok’s chief security officer will step back from that role in September, the company said Friday, in a move the company said wasn’t related to widening concerns in Washington over the security risks posed by the popular short-video app.

Roland Cloutier, global chief security officer for the video-sharing app owned by Beijing-based ByteDance Ltd., will stay on as a strategic adviser focused on the business impact of security programs, the company said.  He will be replaced on an interim basis by Kim Albarella, currently Tiktok’s global head of security risk, vendor and client assurance.

This post first appeared on wsj.com

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

You May Also Like

Digital Technology Poses New Obstacle for U.S. Spies

WASHINGTON—Operatives widely suspected of working for Israel’s Mossad spy service planned a…

PS5 stock checker UK – Sony Playstation 5 console updates at Tesco, GAME. Argos, Currys, Smyths, Amazon – pre-orders

PLAYSTATION 5’s seem almost impossible to come by. New stock drops at…

Google AI predicts winner of Elon Musk vs Mark Zuckerberg MMA fight and it thinks one fighter has a huge ‘advantage’

GOOGLE’S AI chatbot has revealed its prediction for who would win in…

Amazon shut down Amazon Spark, its discovery shopping feature

Amazon has shut down its social network-like feature on its site and…