Decisively Digital

Chapter 4Edna Conway: Protecting the Modern Workplace from Cyber Threats and Compliance Risks

Edna Conway, VP, chief security and risk officer for Azure, Microsoft

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Edna Conway forecasts the future of business and creates clear strategies to deliver new and secure operating models for a digital economy. She is a sought-after industry influencer, bringing rich perspective forged from more than 30 years of broad and deep leadership success creating new organizations and delivering cybersecurity, compliance, and risk management across a $143 billion technology company. Conway is a builder of new capabilities that achieve lasting and pervasive operational improvement.

Alexander: You are Azure's VP, chief security and risk officer at Microsoft. What is your mission?

Edna: It is an interesting mission because it is a role that didn't previously exist. As a result, I had the great privilege to craft its scope and mission to deliver optimum impact. My team's focus is ensuring that Azure is the most trusted cloud platform on the planet. This mission drives every aspect of what we do.

The core of this mission is ensuring customer trust — trust in the Azure platform itself and trust in us as a partner in their success. Earning that trust requires two digital capabilities: security and resilience.

A comprehensive approach to security fully addresses these concerns: ...