I believe that means Apple sees AI as a very important component to its future, PCC as an essential hub to drive forward to tomorrow, and that it will also now find some way to transform platform security using similar tools. Apple’s fearsome reputation for security means even its opponents have nothing but respect for the robust platforms it has made. That reputation is also why more and more enterprises are, or should be, moving to Apple’s platforms.
The mantle of protecting security is now under the passionate leadership of Ivan Krstić, who also led the design and implementation of key security tools such as Lockdown Mode, Advanced Data Protection for iCloud, and two-factor authentication for Apple ID. Krstić has previously promised that, “Apple runs one of the most sophisticated security engineering operations in the world, and we will continue to work tirelessly to protect our users from abusive state-sponsored actors like NSO Group.”
When it comes to bounties for uncovering flaws in PCC, researchers can now earn up to $1 million dollars if they find a weakness that allows arbitrary code execution with arbitrary entitlements, or a cool $250,000 if they uncover some way to access a user’s request data or sensitive information about their requests.