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Wanted: An Apple security expert

Robert Vamosi Former Editor
As CNET's former resident security expert, Robert Vamosi has been interviewed on the BBC, CNN, MSNBC, and other outlets to share his knowledge about the latest online threats and to offer advice on personal and corporate security.
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According to a post on the Bugtraq newsgroup, Apple has a job listing for a security expert.

The winning candidate would "help provide guidance on security topics to all groups across Apple, and help teams design security into new cutting-edge features and technologies," and also "help analyze potential security issues and work with groups across Apple for timely resolution."

Apple has come under increased scrutiny by the criminal hacker communities in the last year, and the was the target of a January's "month of Apple bugs." In 2006, it issued more Mac OS security patches than in previous years.

More telling is the requirement that the candidate "create training for development teams on security concepts and coding practices." This sounds like Bill Gates' call a few years ago for Trustworthy Computing at Microsoft.