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The "exceptional individual" will review and provide feedback on security mechanisms implemented in OS X, provide risk analysis of potential security threats to our embedded products, develop proof-of-concept attacks on the current security mechanisms, and come up with new ways of increasing security while preserving ease-of-use and increasing the quality of the end-user experience.

As a result, the hired person will have a major impact on Apple's embedded operating system products, which includes the iPod touch and Apple TV.

A number of security vulnerabilities have been found on the iPhone since the first version was released little over a year ago, the latest, uncovered this week, has yet to be patched.