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Microsoft is tying executive pay to security performance — so if it gets hacked, no bonuses for anyone


Microsoft is getting super serious about security

The revelation arrives days after Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella confirmed that the company’s renewed commitment would see it “putting security above all else.” The expansion of Microsoft’s SFI takes into consideration recommendations provided by the Department of Homeland Security’s Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB). Redmond’s Chief Information Security Officer, newly appointed Igor Tsyganskiy, has also pushed a new new security governance framework, which Microsoft says “introduces a partnership between engineering teams and newly formed Deputy CISOs, collectively responsible for overseeing SFI, managing risks, and reporting progress directly to the Senior Leadership Team.”

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