Winners will make the hard choices: Microsoft's security chief to employees after layoffs

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Microsoft's new security chief, Hayete Gallot, has responded to layoffs and restructured teams to focus on AI-powered cybersecurity. The company aims to compete with rivals like OpenAI and Anthropic in the growing AI security market.

Microsoft's new security chief Hayete Gallot has replaced senior executives, merged engineering teams, and cut hundreds of jobs to push the company toward AI-powered cybersecurity, The Information reports. In an internal memo, Gallot told staff the industry is being reimagined and rewards firms that make hard choices early. Microsoft is chasing AI security spending flowing to rivals OpenAI and Anthropic.