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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The latest Microsoft Digital Defense Report 2025 paints a vivid picture of a cyberthreat landscape in flux.
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Building a lasting security culture at Microsoft
At Microsoft, building a lasting security culture is more than a strategic priority—it is a call to action. -
New Microsoft Secure Future Initiative (SFI) patterns and practices: Practical guides to strengthen security
Microsoft Secure Future Initiative (SFI) patterns and practices are practical, actionable, insights from practitioners for practitioners based on Microsoft’s implementation of Zero Trust through the Microsoft Secure Future Initiatives. -
Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Security starts with you
At Microsoft, we believe that cybersecurity is as much about people as it is about technology. -
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. -
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. -
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). -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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.