TikTok
Senior Endpoint Security Engineer - Global Security Organization
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About TikTok
TikTok is a global social media platform owned by ByteDance, launched internationally in 2017. It focuses on short-form video content, allowing users to create, share, and discover videos that showcase creativity and trends. The platform grew rapidly after merging with Musical.ly in 2018, which helped expand its user base significantly. The core product is its mobile app, where users can create and share videos ranging from 15 to 60 seconds. TikTok offers various editing tools, filters, effects, and background music to enhance video creation. The platform also features viral challenges and hashtag campaigns that encourage user participation. TikTok for Business, introduced in 2020, provides an advertising platform for brands to create targeted campaigns, leveraging the app's large and engaged audience. Additionally, TikTok supports live streaming and direct messaging, fostering community interaction. With over a billion active users, TikTok primarily attracts Gen Z and younger millennials, who use the platform for entertainment and creative expression. Businesses utilize TikTok for brand promotion and influencer marketing, taking advantage of its innovative ad formats and extensive reach.
Security at TikTok
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Security Philosophy
“Ensure that our applications are designed and implemented to the highest security and privacy standards.”
Security Team
- The team is missioned to build infrastructures, platforms and technologies, as well as to support cross-functional teams to protect our users, products and infrastructures.
- In this team you'll have a unique opportunity to have first-hand exposure to the strategy of the company in key security initiatives, especially in building scalable and secure-by-design systems and solutions.
Key Initiatives
Partnered with HackerOne and launched Global Bug Bounty program. Adherence to security control standards like NIST CSF, ISO 27001 and SOC2.
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