Apple uses Pfizer security team

Apple is arguably the most innovative technological company in the world, having created the Macintosh computer, the iPhone, the iPod, and the iPad. Such a successful corporation though is bound to face imitators along the way, and sadly many people won't even know that they are buying a knock-off product. This is a problem that customers who buy Viagra also face. Therefore, it seems logical that Apple recruited its global security team from Pfizer, the creators of the blue pill, as was reported early this year on cnn.com. The team was put together about three years ago, but hasn't been able to make much progress due to the fact that piracy does not seem to be a priority for the Chinese government.

The team itself does not lack talent though. John Theriault, former chief of security for Pfizer and special FBI agent, and Don Shruhan, who worked under Theriault at the pharmaceutical company, are Apple's global security unit leader and Apple's security team director in Hong Kong respectively. The four official Apple stores in China are the company's highest trafficked, top grossing stores in the world. However, this massive demand for Apple products is one of the reasons that there are not only counterfeit gadgets, but also counterfeit stores.

Moreover, the inexpensive labor and efficient industrial plans have lured many American companies to do business in China, and Apple is not the exception, having assembling facilities in Guangdong. The problem is that factory workers tend to smuggle parts out of the facility, which are then used to create replicas that even bear the company's well known logo. Apple's strategy closely resembles that of Pfizer, but the results have not been as successful; while the local government was highly cooperative with pharmaceutical companies, the Chinese authorities haven't been as helpful to technology developers like Apple and Microsoft.