Microsoft Secure Future Initiative

The Secure Future Initiative (SFI) is a multi-year commitment to advance the way we design, build, test, and operate our technology to ensure that we deliver solutions that meet the highest possible standards of security. Explore progress in our effort to improve security across Microsoft, our customers, and the wider digital ecosystem.

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August 6

4 min read

Sharing practical guidance: Launching Microsoft Secure Future Initiative (SFI) patterns and practices

We’re excited to launch SFI patterns and practices: a new library of actionable guidance designed to help organizations implement security measures at scale.
July 8

3 min read

Enhancing Microsoft 365 security by eliminating high-privilege access

In this blog you will hear directly from Microsoft’s Deputy Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for Experiences and Devices, Naresh Kannan, about eliminating high-privileged access across all Microsoft 365 applications.
June 26

9 min read

Building security that lasts: Microsoft’s journey towards durability at scale

In late 2023, Microsoft launched its most ambitious security transformation to date, the Microsoft Secure Future Initiative (SFI).
May 15

6 min read

How the Microsoft Secure Future Initiative brings Zero Trust to life

Read how you can improve your security posture by applying Zero Trust framework and principles based on learnings from the April 2025 Secure Future Initiative progress report.
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May 5

3 min read

Microsoft partners with Global Anti-Scam Alliance to fight cybercrime

In 2024 alone, scammers drained the global economy of more than $1.03 trillion. Together, Microsoft and the other members of GASA hope to stem these losses going forward.
April 21

6 min read

Securing our future: April 2025 progress report on Microsoft’s Secure Future Initiative

The Microsoft Secure Future Initiative (SFI) stands as the largest cybersecurity engineering project in history and most extensive effort of its kind at Microsoft.
April 17

11 min read

Microsoft’s Secure by Design journey: One year of success

Read about the initiatives Microsoft has undertaken over the past 18 months to support secure by design, secure by default, and secure in operations objectives as part of our SFI Initiative.
April 16

12 min read

Cyber Signals Issue 9 | AI-powered deception: Emerging fraud threats and countermeasures

Microsoft maintains a continuous effort to protect its platforms and customers from fraud and abuse.
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April 8

6 min read

Meet the Deputy CISOs who help shape Microsoft’s approach to cybersecurity

Meet the minds behind how Microsoft prioritizes cybersecurity across every team and employee.
January 28

7 min read

3 priorities for adopting proactive identity and access security in 2025

Adopting proactive defensive measures is the only way to get ahead of determined efforts to compromise identities and gain access to your environment.
December 2, 2024

7 min read

Follow-up on Ignite with Ask Microsoft Anything: Microsoft Security edition

AI transformation starts with security. This was a major theme across the majority of the big news and reveals from Microsoft Security at Microsoft Ignite 2024.
November 19, 2024

5 min read

AI innovations for a more secure future unveiled at Microsoft Ignite

Company delivers advances in AI and posture management, unprecedented bug bounty program, and updates on its Secure Future Initiative.