Apple has hired a former Microsoft security chief who served a lead on Windows XP Service Pack 2, at Apple the security expert will serve as senior security product manager.
According to PC World Window Synder began work at Apple this week, Synder has in the past also worked at Mozilla and was said to be credited with "professionalizing the Firefox security response team, at a time when the open-source browser was increasingly coming under attack from hackers."
It is unknown what products Snyder will be working on but Apple is the third browser-maker to hirer her in the last five years.