Lest that last post leave
Lest that last post leave you thinking I'm too biased, eWeek points out that Microsoft's security communicator lambasts Apple:
Toulouse may have a point, but it goes deeper than not having a security communicator. Apple doesn't have a CSO. Now companies can function without a head of security, but it does tend to mean you reinvent the wheel (some of the early OS X security defects were known Unix vulnerabilities, that they never dealt with). That's the sort of thing a CSO should help with. Apple: break down and hire a CSO.
"Look, the only way you can tackle security issues is by getting out ahead of them and clearly communicating to your users the threat, and the clear guidance on how to be safe," Toulouse declared in a reaction to what he described as the "recent trials and tribulations of Apple in the security space."
"Here's the reality, for the next couple of years the Mac OS will experience increasing security threats and mark my words, the company will have to seek outside expertise in the form of a head of security communications in the next 12 months," Toulouse added.
Toulouse may have a point, but it goes deeper than not having a security communicator. Apple doesn't have a CSO. Now companies can function without a head of security, but it does tend to mean you reinvent the wheel (some of the early OS X security defects were known Unix vulnerabilities, that they never dealt with). That's the sort of thing a CSO should help with. Apple: break down and hire a CSO.
