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The management decided to change the corporate policy in order to protect "the whole world".
Tech giant Microsoft is making drastic changes to its corporate policy, making cybersecurity a top priority. Now every employee of the company, regardless of their position, must pay high priority to data protection in their daily work.
Kathleen Hogan, Microsoft's chief human Resources officer, sent out an internal memo outlining the new strategy: "When you have to choose, the answer is clear and simple: protection comes first." The decision follows years of criticism of Microsoft over vulnerabilities in their products.
The new policy is not just declarative — it will directly affect career growth and financial well-being. Now, contributing to the company's defense will be a key factor when considering promotions, salary increases, and bonus accruals.
Microsoft is also introducing a new personal performance assessment system, where cybersecurity becomes one of the main factors along with diversity and inclusivity. These aspects will now necessarily be taken into account during regular meetings, where bosses discuss their progress with each employee one-on-one. The company calls this practice "Connect."
For technical professionals, this means integrating appropriate measures at the earliest stages of product design, adhering to established protocols, and providing reliable "default" protection for customers.
Microsoft is also introducing new regulations at the management level. Even top managers will have their own information security tasks that they need to perform.
These changes are part of a broader Microsoft initiative called the Secure Future Initiative (SFI), which aims to improve the security of the company's networks, manufacturing and engineering systems.
Some of these innovations have already begun to affect Microsoft products. For example, the company will stop supporting basic authentication for Outlook personal accounts in September. In addition, the simplified version of the Outlook web application will be removed on August 19.
From September 16 to users Outlook.com, Hotmail and Live.com you will have to access your mailboxes through applications that use modern authentication. This may affect the operation of some third-party email applications and older versions of Outlook, Apple Mail, and Thunderbird.
In her memo, Hogan emphasized the global importance of innovation: "We are building a key infrastructure that helps the world move forward. The trust of our customers imposes a serious responsibility on us: we must protect them, our company and the whole world from cyber threats. And every Microsoft employee contributes to this task."
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Tech giant Microsoft is making drastic changes to its corporate policy, making cybersecurity a top priority. Now every employee of the company, regardless of their position, must pay high priority to data protection in their daily work.
Kathleen Hogan, Microsoft's chief human Resources officer, sent out an internal memo outlining the new strategy: "When you have to choose, the answer is clear and simple: protection comes first." The decision follows years of criticism of Microsoft over vulnerabilities in their products.
The new policy is not just declarative — it will directly affect career growth and financial well-being. Now, contributing to the company's defense will be a key factor when considering promotions, salary increases, and bonus accruals.
Microsoft is also introducing a new personal performance assessment system, where cybersecurity becomes one of the main factors along with diversity and inclusivity. These aspects will now necessarily be taken into account during regular meetings, where bosses discuss their progress with each employee one-on-one. The company calls this practice "Connect."
For technical professionals, this means integrating appropriate measures at the earliest stages of product design, adhering to established protocols, and providing reliable "default" protection for customers.
Microsoft is also introducing new regulations at the management level. Even top managers will have their own information security tasks that they need to perform.
These changes are part of a broader Microsoft initiative called the Secure Future Initiative (SFI), which aims to improve the security of the company's networks, manufacturing and engineering systems.
Some of these innovations have already begun to affect Microsoft products. For example, the company will stop supporting basic authentication for Outlook personal accounts in September. In addition, the simplified version of the Outlook web application will be removed on August 19.
From September 16 to users Outlook.com, Hotmail and Live.com you will have to access your mailboxes through applications that use modern authentication. This may affect the operation of some third-party email applications and older versions of Outlook, Apple Mail, and Thunderbird.
In her memo, Hogan emphasized the global importance of innovation: "We are building a key infrastructure that helps the world move forward. The trust of our customers imposes a serious responsibility on us: we must protect them, our company and the whole world from cyber threats. And every Microsoft employee contributes to this task."
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