Former Twitter security chief and whistleblower Peiter "Mudge" Zatko has landed his first official role since he left the company, a part-time job as "executive in residence" with cybersecurity firm Rapid7.
Rapid7 describes itself as a company that "unites cloud risk management and threat detection." The biz offers pentesting along with other tools and services. It also owns the open source exploit project Metasploit.
In Zatko's new position, he'll be reportedly advising execs, customers and board members on the use of data for cybersecurity issues.
CEO Corey Thomas told The Washington Post, which broke the story, that Zatko's "candor" would be welcome at the company.
Zatko has a reputation for both bluntness and skill that only solidified after he was fired from Twitter. His departure was allegedly over fundamental disagreements with former boss Parag Agrawal about disclosing security issues to the company's board, although Twitter told The Register in August that Zatko was "fired from his senior executive role at Twitter in January 2022 for ineffective leadership and poor performance."
Mudge received a $7.75 million severance package for his services, which might explain why his new job is part-time.
Zatko filed a complaint with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department that among other things Twitter failed to comply with a 2011 FTC Consent Order. It also painted Twitter IT operations as a circus, complete with...
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