Adobe has created a new chief security officer role and charged senior director of product security Brad Arkin with its responsibilities.

In a blog post, Arkin wrote: "As CSO, I will report to Bryan Lamkin, SVP of Technology and Corporate Development, and will work in partnership with Adobe’s global information technology team led by our CIO Gerri Martin-Flickinger. I will continue to oversee the Adobe Secure Software Engineering Team (ASSET), responsible for implementing our Secure Product Lifecycle that engineers products to be robust against attacks, as well as the Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT), responsible for managing response to product security incidents. In my new role, I have the opportunity to lead Engineering Infrastructure Security, a team that builds and maintains security-critical internal services relied on by our product and engineering teams, such as code signing and build environments. I will also continue to manage and foster two-way communication with the broader security community, a vital part of the central security function.