Who Is Michael Coates? The Former Twitter Security Chief Now Tasked With Securing Solana
The post Who Is Michael Coates? The Former Twitter Security Chief Now Tasked With Securing Solana appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Key Highlights Michael Coates has joined the Solana Foundation as its new Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). Before joining Solana, Coates served as Twitter’s first CISO, led security at Mozilla, and later became COO and CISO at CoinList. Coates says his focus will include application security, crypto-native threats, AI-driven risks and cybersecurity policy. This week, Web3 found another connection to Elon Musk. Though this was not through Dogecoin or meme coins. Instead, it was through a major executive appointment by the leading blockchain Solana. The network foundation tapped one of Silicon Valley’s most respected cybersecurity leaders for a pivotal role. The Solana Foundation appointed Michael Coates, Twitter’s first Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and former Head of Security at Mozilla, as it Chief Information Security Officer. Co