The battle between Apple and FBI is at its peak. Both the companies are trying their best to win the case. As per the reports published recently on Reuters, Apple has taken steps to ensure security of their software as well as consumer data. George Stathakopoulos was formerly the vice president if Amazon’s information security for around 6 years. Before that, he was one of the top general managers in Microsoft for a time period of 10 years. According to the reports, Apple has recently hires George Stathakopoulos to take care of their digital defenses in the corporate sector.
The main task which will be headed by George Stathakopoulos is to protect all the corporate assets of Apple. These assets include design information, product as well as confidential software. In addition to these, he will also be responsible for guarding the customer data of the company. As a former vice president of Amazon, George Stathakopoulos was responsible for looking over the security which guarded the Amazon company infrastructure, the company’s digital information as a whole and also customer data. As seen in the basic bio data of George Stathakopoulos, he was actually responsible for the security of the company wherever he went.
It has been a week that George Stathakopoulos has been working in Apple. From the viewpoint of Apple, this seems to be a very clever and safe move to bring a digital security expert. It is much more welcome since Apple is under the pressure of FBI. By hiring George Stathakopoulos as a digital security leader, Apple is actually strengthening the security of the company and their assets. Now the question that remains unanswered, who will win the case and what consequences will be faced by the loser? Only time will answer.
