Jordan Robertson for Bloomberg:

In the 15 years that computer hackers have gathered in Las Vegas for the Black Hat conference, an event where unknowns can become stars and tech heavyweights are skewered for security failures, one company has been noticeably absent: Apple.

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That will change Thursday when Dallas De Atley, manager of Apple’s platform security team, is scheduled to give a presentation on key security technologies within iOS, the operating system for iPhones and iPads.

Folks from Apple have certainly attended security conferences in the past, but this is the first time that they’ve actually spoken at this event, according to its general manager.