Alex Stamos

Alex Stamos is a cybersecurity expert and director of the Stanford Internet Observatory at Stanford University. He is also an adjunct professor at Stanford University’s Freeman-Spogli Institute and a visiting scholar at the Hoover Institution. Prior to joining Stanford, Alex served as the chief security officer of Facebook. In this role, Stamos led a team of engineers, researchers, investigators, and analysts charged with understanding and mitigating information security risks to the company and safety risks to users of Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp.

Featured on episode four of “Views on First: Season 1.”