Tech Giant Bids to Set The Record Straight
In the wake of the 2023 breach, Microsoft faced widespread questions over its preparedness for such an attack. In fact, the US Cyber Safety Review Board deemed that the attack was “entirely preventable,” and should serve as a “wake-up call to cloud providers.”
Designed to address shortcoming in the cybersecurity culture at Microsoft in the aftermath of a debilitating data breach, the SFI comprises 28 objectives. Of these, the company has made “significant progress” with 16.
For example, Microsoft has rolled out MFA to 92% of employee productivity accounts, which will go some way to insulating the business against future phishing attacks. Furthermore, the company can now lay claim to a 73% success rate in addressing cloud vulnerabilities within an undisclosed timeframe. It has also removed more than 6.3 million legacy tenants, more than 550,000 of which since September 2024.
