Meet the Deputy CISOs who help shape Microsoft’s approach to cybersecurity

Microsoft highlights leaders within its Cybersecurity Governance Council—Igor Sakhnov (Identity), Mark Russinovich (Azure), and Yonatan Zunger (AI)—detailing their roles, team focuses, and philosophies on integrating security with innovation. The discussion covers identity-driven architectures, durable risk mitigations across Azure and core systems, AI safety pillars (research, infrastructure, empowerment, evaluation, incident response, and policy), and common misconceptions such as chasing perfect protection versus resilience and “assume breach.” The piece underscores leadership as the control layer driving Microsoft’s security posture and invites readers to follow future profiles and Microsoft Security resources.