TikTok Opens New Cybersecurity Center In Ireland, Now More Sophisticated

TikTok, now continues to improve its security in the face of various cybercrime threats. (photo: Hello I'm Nik / Unsplash

JAKARTA - TikTok plans to open a new cybersecurity center in Ireland to counter next-generation security threats. The social media giant has chosen the city of Dublin as the first location.

Dubbed the regional fusion center around the world, it helps companies respond to security incidents in real time, 24 hours a day.

TikTok's chief security officer, Roland Cloutier said that the cybersecurity hub is the next step for TikTok to ensure security is integrated from the start.

"When people use TikTok, we know they are trusting us with their data, and we take our duty to protect that data very seriously," Cloutier said in the company's official blog, Tuesday, July 27.

"Our global security organization is following the Sun approach so that people in teams around the world are always focused on protecting people's information, and ensuring that our next-generation entertainment platform can anticipate and stay ahead of the next generation of security threats."

Later, this security center is set to create more than 50 new jobs in the fields of security, privacy, and policy. Over the past year, TikTok has hired some of the best security professionals, from backgrounds ranging from government, law enforcement, and the military.

"We've also partnered with HackerOne, the industry-leading bug bounty program, where leading security researchers, academics and other independent experts provide us with advanced insight into emerging vulnerabilities, enabling us to resolve them before attackers can exploit them," said Cloutier.

"Cybersecurity center in Dublin will advance threat discovery on our platform to protect our community, accelerate delivery of next generation cyber threat monitoring, and put together cyber investigations and workgroups to tackle digital crime," he added.

He added that while this latest security effort will be led out of the US, the Irish hub will play an important role in helping the platform identify, evaluate and eliminate risks to the platform and its users.

The China-based video creation app already has a number of other cybersecurity centers based in Ireland, including a trust and security center and a transparency and accountability center.