At Microsoft, we ship mission-critical infrastructure that the world relies on to realize extra. With that belief in us comes an amazing duty: to guard our clients, our firm, and our world from cyber threats. As Microsoft staff, all of us have a task in that duty.
As Satya referenced in his Might 3 e-mail and once more throughout his FY25 kick off on July 9, safety is our number-one precedence, and everybody at Microsoft can have safety as a Core Precedence. When confronted with a tradeoff, the reply is evident and easy: safety above all else. Our dedication to safety is enduring. New and novel assaults would require us to proceed to be taught, innovate, and defend. But working collectively, we are going to make nonlinear enhancements, keep alert, and meet the expectations of our clients. They’re relying on us, and our future relies on their belief.
Our new Safety Core Precedence reinforces our dedication to safety and holds us accountable for constructing safe services and products. It’s now accessible within the Join device for many staff, and we’re partnering with geo HR groups to develop entry to all staff globally. The Safety Core Precedence is just not a check-the-box compliance train; it’s a means for each worker and supervisor to decide to—and be accountable for—prioritizing safety, and a means for us to codify your contributions and to acknowledge you on your influence. All of us should act with a security-first mindset, communicate up, and proactively search for alternatives to make sure safety in all the things we do.
The core precedence can have two components:
Core and customary components that apply to all staff
An elective part for workers to additional specify how they are going to activate the Safety Core Precedence primarily based on their position, staff, org, and so forth.
All staff will set their Safety Core Precedence as half their first FY25 Join, with the intent that in common Join conversations, you and your supervisor will talk about your Safety Core Precedence progress and influence. This course of will observe the identical strategy as our different company-wide core priorities for Range & Inclusion and Managers. You may be taught extra in regards to the Safety Core Precedence right here, together with FAQs and Safety Core Precedence activation examples for 3 primary kinds of roles: technical, buyer and partner-facing, and all different roles.
As we kick off our fiftieth 12 months as an organization, I do know all of us really feel honored and humbled that we’re nonetheless right here—as a related and consequential firm—pursuing our mission collectively. Once we empower each individual and group on the planet to realize extra, we tackle society’s largest challenges and empower the world. What an enormous, daring, and significant mission we now have, and but none of us can take this with no consideration. We’re right here as a result of our clients belief us, and we should proceed to earn their belief every single day.
Thanks on your dedication to our Safety Core Precedence that can assist defend Microsoft, our clients, and our companions.
Kathleen
