Click to Register Apple released its 2021 Platform Security guide, Thursday, outlining its current and year-ahead agenda for its device hardware, software and silicon security. This year’s 192-page report is beefed-up, compared to past reports, with a wealth of new insights into how Apple is tackling security and privacy within its entire mobile, desktop and cloud ecosystem. Previous Platform Security updates have taken a piecemeal approach to address Apple’s security universe, said Rich Mogull, analyst and CEO with Securosis. “This is the most comprehensive platform security update we have ever seen from Apple,” he told Threatpost. Top 2021 Apple Platform Security report themes include what Apple’s M1 silicon means for Mac security; the latest developments around its Blast Door security technology used in iMessages; and transparency around Secure Enclave – a dedicated secure subsystem integrated into Apple systems-on-a-chip (SoC).