Adobe Taps Ex-Microsoft, Meta Leader to Head Cyber Program (1)

Adobe Systems Inc. has hired Aanchal Gupta, a former Microsoft Corp. executive, to lead its global cybersecurity program.

Gupta joins Adobe as chief security officer after five years at Microsoft, where she most recently served as corporate vice president and oversaw the security of the software company’s artificial intelligence programs and core Microsoft 365 features, Adobe said in an emailed release Monday.

In her new role, Gupta will also support Adobe’s AI governance efforts, the company said. Gupta didn’t immediately reply to a request for comment.

She is replacing Maarten Van Horenbeeck, who served as Adobe’s CSO for nearly three ...