“ Defence and Intelligence is a priority industry for Microsoft , and has been for a long time . I ’ m really proud of that .”
KATE MAXWELL CTO , WORLDWIDE DEFENCE & INTELLIGENCE
is about how we change the ecosystem itself , including acquisition , including skilling , including policy , so that customers can access and adopt the right kind of capabilities at the time and place of need . Speed-to-field and speed of adoption are mission-critical .”
Leveraging such commercially-facing capabilities was critical for Ukraine , particularly in the early stages of the war , Maxwell explains . “ The first shots fired by Russia were not kinetic ; they were cyber weapons and disinformation campaigns .
“ Russia very intentionally began launching targeted cyber effectors and disinformation campaigns at the Ukrainian government , people , and infrastructure well before the kinetic campaign began . Ukraine quickly mobilised in digital fashion and changed their policies overnight to move critical data and essential services into the hyperscale cloud . That ’ s what refuge in the digital realm looks like , and it is working .
“ So , what we advise our Public Sector customers to do is not wait until it ’ s an emergency . Don ’ t wait until you are forced
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