Microsoft has a brand new head of safety. Hayete Gallot, who left Microsoft in October 2024 to become the president of Google Cloud’s buyer expertise, is returning to the software program large as the chief vice chairman of safety, reporting on to CEO Satya Nadella.
The transfer means Charlie Bell, previously Microsoft’s safety chief, is taking over a brand new position on the firm. “I’ve additionally requested Charlie Bell to tackle a brand new position centered on engineering high quality, reporting to me,” says Nadella, in an inside Microsoft memo. “Charlie and I’ve been planning this transition for a while, given his need to maneuver from being an org chief to being an IC engineer.”
Bell has spent almost 5 years main Microsoft’s safety, compliance, and identification groups. The corporate has struggled with safety lately, after a sequence of high-profile incidents rocked Microsoft. A scathing report from the Cyber Security Evaluate Board concluded in 2024 that “Microsoft’s safety tradition was insufficient and requires an overhaul.”
Gallot now takes on the efforts to proceed SFI and be certain that Microsoft’s AI period is targeted on safety first. She beforehand spent almost 16 years at Microsoft, with senior management roles throughout engineering and gross sales. “She brings an ethos that mixes product constructing with worth realization for purchasers, which is vital proper now,” says Nadella.
