Uber exec's conviction sends chilling message to CISOs (opens in new tab)

I'm a security executive. I'm keenly aware that my CISO, my peers and I are basically one bad day away from being scapegoated and put to the torch. It's an occupational hazard so pervasive it doesn't usually effect getting your next job. So one thing I make abundantly clear to my superiors and peers is I will not lie to people who can put me in jail under any circumstance. In practice, this has (rarely) caused friction but no one has seriously pressured me to change my stance.

Meanwhile the Executive Suite inhabitants walked away free as birds.

My opinion is that Uber is a scam, soaking unwise and/or unsmart investors and drivers alike, while the Executive Suite boys and girls get to have lots and lots of lovely moolah as salary and bonuses.