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A Day in the Life of Google’s Security Chief

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Sean Michael Kerner
Mar 6, 2016

Gerhard Eschelbeck, vice president of security engineering at Google, has one of the toughest jobs in IT security: He has to keep Google secure. In a session at the RSA Conference here March 1 titled “My Life as Chief Security Officer at Google,” Eschelbeck gave attendees insight into how he spends his days working and his nights worrying about IT security.

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