In today’s rapidly changing cyberthreat landscape, influenced by global events and AI advancements, security must be top of mind. Over the past three years, password cyberattacks have surged from 579 to more than 7,000 per second, nearly doubling in the last year alone.¹ New cyberattack methods challenge our security posture, pushing us to reimagine how the global security community defends organizations.
At Microsoft, we remain steadfast in our commitment to security, which continues to be our top priority. Through our Secure Future Initiative (SFI), we’ve dedicated the equivalent of 34,000 full-time engineers to the effort, making it the largest cybersecurity engineering project in history—driving continuous improvement in our cyber resilience. In our latest update, we share insights into the work we are doing in culture, governance, and cybernorms to promote transparency and better support our customers in this new era of security. For each engineering pillar, we provide details on steps taken to reduce risk and provide guidance so customers can do the same.
Insights gained from SFI help us continue to harden our security posture and product development. At…
