• Hi James and Aaron, 

    Microsoft would like to work with you on a news story for the Windows 11 launch next Monday, October 4.

    The latest version of Windows was designed with security as a primary element to protect against emerging cyberthreats in a hybrid-work world. There would be several news components to this story.

    We’d love to offer you an embargoed briefing with Microsoft’s director of OS and Enterprise security, David Weston to talk about how Windows 11 is uniquely equipped to help businesses protect against emerging threats. David will be joined by a security leader from a very prominent financial institution who can share additional context about how Windows 11 empowers that company’s zero- trust security strategy.    

    If you accept an embargo of Monday, Oct 4 at 1pm PT/4pm ET, I can share more detail about the new information and access we’d provide for the story.

    Thank you, 

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    Thank you for agreeing to the embargo of Monday, Oct 4 at 1pm PT/4pm ET. 

    For this story, we will provide new data, insight and access to experts who can speak to the investment and momentum behind the Secured-core future in the context of the day’s Windows 11 GA launch. This will include access to security experts from Microsoft and a customer, Goldman Sachs, who are sharing details on their point-of-view in this space.

    Security has never been more complex for organizations managing sensitive business information - like encryption keys and credentials - in a distributed work environment. Security must be built from the hardware up, from chip-to-cloud. Windows 11 addresses this demand by raising the bar in hardware security - on top of years of investments into cloud and software infrastructure.

    • 75% of security decision makers (SDMs) feel the move to hybrid work leaves their organization more vulnerable to security threats. 

    • 80% of SDMs believe software alone is not enough protection from emerging threats. 

    With next week’s Windows 11 GA, we’d like to offer you a 2:1 briefing with: 

    • Microsoft’s director of OS and enterprise security, David Weston to hear about how Windows 11 was designed for hardware and software to work together for protection from the CPU all the way to the cloud and raise security baselines to protect against emerging cyber threats in this new hybrid work era. 

    • Mike Mattioli, an associate editor at Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and hardware security leader at Goldman Sachs, will add context on how Windows 11 empowers zero-trust out-of-the-box to help Goldman Sachs easily deliver the company’s “trust as few people and things as possible” security strategy to protect sensitive company and customer data from persistent cyber threats.  

    Does Friday, Oct 1 at 10:00 a.m. PST work for you?

  • Hi Patrick,

    Wanted to let you know that Microsoft Defender for Cloud has some momentum to announce in the coming days. We would like to share more with you if you are interested and willing to hold an embargo until February 15th at 6am PT. This would be a good follow up to your previous discussion about zero-day volume, building on the discussion of the ways defenders are shining a spotlight on vulns and attackers, who always seem one step ahead of the industry.

    Eric Doerr, CVP Cloud Security is ready to share the news and drill deeper into the bigger picture on February 14, a day of ahead of the news. Prior to your call, we have visuals and a Tech Community Blog to share that digs deep into the momentum.

    2nd email: once he’s accepted the embargo

    Patrick,

    Thanks for agreeing to the embargo of Feb. 15 at 6 a.m. PT. I wanted to let you know what Eric will be focusing on during your discussion, as well as a little more about the news.

    Many customers today – 92 percent – are working in a multi-cloud environment within a hybrid network and 83 percent of business leaders see managing this environment as their biggest pain point heading into 2022. In short: Customers are no longer running on one platform – so thinking about how we align with the customer demands is no longer an option, multi-cloud is the future, and we are continuing to explore simple and effective ways to deliver.

    Weaknesses in supply chain security have been brought into the spotlight this last year and we’ve

    learned that attackers are not confining themselves to a single cloud; they are looking across platforms to identify weak links and exposure points. We need to be thinking about defense the way attackers are thinking about offense to improve security across the business landscape.

    Eric would appreciate the opportunity to drill down deeper into industry impacts as well as how

    Microsoft Defender for Cloud is creating a simple to use/adopt platform for customers around the world and helping them create a safter environment through partnerships with AWS (announced in the Fall) and now Google Cloud Platform.

    Looking forward to a lively discussion and sharing the day’s news.