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Ben Fathi:
Corporate Vice President, Security Technology Unit Microsoft
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Ben Fathi
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The responsibility for protecting Windows systems against ever-increasing threats is in new hands.
Ben Fathi, a software engineer by trade, took over from Mike Nash as corporate vice president of Microsoft's Security Technology Unit on June 1. Nash is on sabbatical.
The change is part of a recent shakeup in Microsoft's executive ranks, which also put someone new in charge of Windows.
Iranian-born Fathi is a tech geek who spent the last eight years in the shadows at Microsoft working on file systems. Now he's in the spotlight--in arguably the most thankless job in Redmond. Fathi is responsible for security features in Windows and other Microsoft products.
Nash liked to be the public face of Microsoft security, hosting regular "Security360" Web casts, blogging and speaking in public. That's new territory for Fathi, who delivered the first speech in his new role on Monday at Microsoft's TechEd event in Boston.
Fathi, an amateur photographer, is back fresh from a three-month sabbatical. Poster-size pictures of the trip to Africa, Europe, India and Nepal are still littered around his office.
When he's on the job, however, he's a workaholic--up all hours of the night. His wife and daughter don't expect to see much of him, now that he has taken on this new post, he acknowledged.
As corporate vice president of the Security Technology Unit (STU) for Microsoft Corp., Ben Fathi leads Microsoft’s efforts to provide customers with a more secure platform. Fathi is responsible for ensuring that the STU continues to implement the company’s vision to establish trust in computing to realize the full potential of an interconnected world. Fathi’s focus is on driving Microsoft’s security vision to create a world in which people and organizations can use a variety of devices and always be securely connected to the information, services and people that matter most to them.
He is responsible for delivering a security architecture that will enable a trust ecosystem, provide compelling solutions for managing identity, continue to engineer for security, bring simplicity to security solutions, and innovate to always deliver on Microsoft’s vision for a fundamentally secure platform.
Fathi also oversees Microsoft’s ongoing efforts to enhance security by making the right technology investments, by providing clear guidance to customers about maintaining better protection, and by addressing industry challenges through partnerships in the public and private sectors.
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