Mike Hughes

Mike Hughes

Business Group Director, Security at Microsoft Western Europe

As the Business Group Director for Cybersecurity at Microsoft Western Europe, I work with our customers to develop effective strategies to keep their organizations safe and their data secure. With 30 years of experience in the technology sector, my goal is to ensure our customers have the right tools and skills in place to prepared for whatever challenges tomorrow might bring.

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Building cybersecurity resilience with generative AI

In the two or so minutes it will take you to read this post – there will be 480,000 attacks that Microsoft has blocked. That’s 4,000 attacks per second, and just represents one vector of attack via identity authentication. The finding is from our annual digital defense report which has shown the sophistication, speed and […]

Mike Hughes

Mike Hughes

Business Group Director, Security at Microsoft Western Europe

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One year to go: Preparing for NIS2 isn’t a compliance exercise – it’s a business opportunity

I recently read an insight from IDC that suggests addressing cybersecurity threats is the top board priority worldwide. Further, CEOs of large firms say security is their most important expenditure. It was interesting to see the international consensus here. Certainly, in my work with Microsoft’s customers in Western Europe, I know cybersecurity is very much […]

Mike Hughes

Mike Hughes

Business Group Director, Security at Microsoft Western Europe

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