Ex-Microsoft, Mozilla security chief hired by Apple

“Former Mozilla security chief Window Snyder has been hired by Apple,” Robert McMillan reports for IDG News Service. “Snyder started her new job Monday, where she’s now working as a senior security product manager…”

Snyder “previously had worked as a security strategist at Microsoft where she managed the company’s relationships with security consultants and had worked on the Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 operating systems,” McMillan reports.

McMillan reports, “Snyder took a job with Mozilla in 2006 and was credited with professionalizing the Firefox security response team… She left Mozilla in late 2008, and worked as a consultant over the past year.”

Full article here.

MacDailyNews Note: Synder’s full name is Mwende Window Snyder. At least her parents left off the “s.”

[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers “Judge Bork” and “Lynn W.” for the heads up.]