Apple have appointed a security VP one day ahead of their next product launch, here’s Fortune via Jim Dalrymple:

Apple appointed George Stathakopoulos, formerly vice president of information security at Amazon.com and before that Microsoft’s general manager of product security, to be vice president of corporate information security, the people said.

I was curious about him, so I searched his name in Google and it yielded his LinkedIn, with this self-description:

Vice President of Amazon Information Security and Corporate IT responsible for the programs that protect Amazon and its customers, as well as directing the company’s IT infrastructure and other technology resources.

Prior to joining Amazon, George led Microsoft’s global Microsoft Security Response Center and Global Security Strategy & Diplomacy teams responsible for proactively detecting and responding to threats, and partnering with governments on technical and policy security issues.

I’m would speculate that this hire is two-part, where (1) it’s pre-emptive against the chance of needed to logistically manage GovtOS; and (2) looking into how iCloud Backups and similar services aren’t presently end-to-end encrypted.