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According to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, advanced cyber capabilities helped identify Russian activity on Ukrainian infrastructure well before the strike. He also claimed that these signals aided the Ukrainian administration significantly, speaking at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting.

"So, for example, in the Ukrainian situation, we were able see, because of our cyber capability, because of the billions of signals we saw well before the attack began, the Russian activity on important Ukrainian infrastructure," the Microsoft CEO added.

"And we were able to cooperate with the Ukrainian authorities to successfully relocate and protect them in our cloud," he continued.

"...because we take the position that we will always be there for any of our partners in their time of need. As a result, we'll use both our security products and our security signal to ensure that any organisation that is under assault is protected, and we'll broadcast all of that information so that it can be widely shared "He went on to say.

According to Nadella, cyber is a place where many stakeholders can work together to improve all of our organisations' cyber readiness.

"It's going to be crucial, in my opinion. This is happening between governments and commercial companies, as well as between private companies all around the world "he stated

"The important results were that you have numerous cyber actors, supported in this case by the state, going after essential infrastructure that may utterly damage the running of a government or the larger society," Nadella stated when asked about the primary conclusions of the Ukraine investigation. He also warned that the weakest connection might be exploited to hit hard at everything else, which is a problem in the linked world.

"There is no such thing as a system that is isolated. So there's one weak connection. That is why, even in the United States, we place such a high value on protecting every municipality and state, since otherwise, an attack can begin in a small area and quickly spread "he stated