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Apple snags another high profile industry exec: Ivan Krstic from OLPC
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence — ... Ivan Krstic, the former security architect for the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project is now working for Apple according to a post on his blog today.  ...

Apple hires former OLPC security head to harden Mac OS X
Infinite Loop — ... for not taking security seriously enough. This is particularly because Leopard does not implement (or implement fully) the same security measures as Windows Vista. Lest you think Apple is hoping that its relatively small market share will keep it safe forever, though, the company has hired former director of security architecture at One Laptop per Child, Ivan Krstić, to handle core security for its operating systems. ...

Apple lags on Java security fix in OS X
Macworld — ... a good idea) and turn off Java support in your Web browser. Of course, this isn’t a great workaround for those who rely on Java for their day-to-day life. Ideally, Apple would roll out the version of Java in which Sun has already fixed this bug, but the larger problem still remains: Apple should be more aggressive on security, rather than resting on the laurels of its safety record. That way, if an attack does come, the company won’t be caught with its virtual pants down. The recent hiring of Ivan Krstic , former security chief of the One Laptop Per Child, is presumably ...