[ISN] Apple taps Navy techie for global security head

From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 02:05:30 -0600 (CST)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-20029280-37.html

By Arik Hesseldahl
Apple
CNet News
January 23, 2011 

Apple has tapped security expert and author David Rice to be its 
director of global security, several sources have confirmed to me. He's 
expected to start at Apple in March.

Apple hasn't returned calls seeking comment.

There's no word yet about what precisely Rice's job will entail, and 
knowing secrecy-obsessed Apple, there likely won't be. But it's not hard 
to make a reasonable guess.

With iPhones and iPads penetrating the enterprise in ever more 
impressive numbers, companies want to know they're secure.

Late last year Apple started working with Unisys to help it sell Apple 
products to corporations and government agencies, all of which are 
concerned about the security implications of iPhones and iPads running 
on their networks.

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