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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Tailored AI insights from Microsoft Security Copilot
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September 23, 2024

5 min read

Securing our future: September 2024 progress update on Microsoft’s Secure Future Initiative (SFI)

Since the Secure Future Initiative (SFI) began, we’ve dedicated the equivalent of 34,000 full-time engineers to SFI—making it the largest cybersecurity engineering effort in history.
May 29, 2024

7 min read

6 insights from Microsoft’s 2024 state of multicloud risk report to evolve your security strategy

Discover the top multicloud security risks across DevOps, runtime environments, identity and access, and data in this new report from Microsoft.
May 20, 2024

10 min read

New Windows 11 features strengthen security to address evolving cyberthreat landscape

Today, ahead of the Microsoft Build 2024 conference, we announced a new class of Windows computers, Copilot+ PC.
May 6, 2024

6 min read

New capabilities to help you secure your AI transformation

Today, we’re thrilled to introduce new features for securing and governing in the age of AI.
Go beyond data protection with Microsoft Purview
Govern, protect, and manage all of your data with Microsoft Purview, comprehensive solutions to help give you better visibility and control.
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May 3, 2024

7 min read

Security above all else—expanding Microsoft’s Secure Future Initiative

Microsoft is expanding the scope of the Secure Future Initiative to adapt to the evolving cyberthreat landscape.
March 7, 2024

4 min read

Evolving Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle (SDL): How continuous SDL can help you build more secure software

The software developers and systems engineers at Microsoft work with large-scale, complex systems, requiring collaboration among diverse and global teams, all while navigating the demands of rapid technological advancement, and today we’re sharing how they’re tackling security challenges in the white paper: “Building the next generation of the Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle (SDL)”, created by the pioneers of future software development practices.
March 6, 2024

5 min read

Enhancing protection: Updates on Microsoft’s Secure Future Initiative

A few months into Microsoft’s Secure Future Initiative, read the details on what we’ve accomplished across key engineering advances to deliver the next generation of built-in security for customers.
December 12, 2023

5 min read

Strengthening identity protection in the face of highly sophisticated attacks

Get the latest information on our engineering advancements and continued commitments to secure identities as part of the Secure Future Initiative.
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November 15, 2023

16 min read

Microsoft unveils expansion of AI for security and security for AI at Microsoft Ignite

The new era of AI is here. At Microsoft Ignite, we will be announcing new cybersecurity capabilities to help you thrive in this new age.
November 2, 2023

6 min read

Announcing Microsoft Secure Future Initiative to advance security engineering

Today Microsoft’s Vice Chair and President Brad Smith shared insight on the global cybersecurity landscape and introduced our Secure Future Initiative.