Apple has hired the former head of Microsoft and Mozilla security. Window Snyder had led the software giant’s Windows XP Service Pack 2 security efforts.
On her first day of work at the Cupertino, Calif. company Monday, Apple mentioned it was the “third browser-maker in the past five years that has employed Snyder.” However, the company did not specifically say she would be responsible for enhancing Safari’s security.
During her time at Microsoft, Snyder helped develop a program for the Redmond, Wash. company to talk with outside security researchers. At Mozilla, Snyder was in charge of security for the Firefox Web browser. Since leaving Mozilla in 2008, Snyder has been a consultant.
This isn’t the first security-related hire for Apple. In 2009, the company posted an ad seeking an iPhone security manager. The same year, Apple hired Ivan Krstic, a security leader for the XO system promoted by the One Laptop Per Child effort.
[via AppleInsider and PCWorld]
