Microsoft Announces a Rash of New Security Initiatives

Microsoft has outlined a new approach to security, announcing the Cyber Defense Operations Center and cross-company investments to help better protect customers. Microsoft’s CDOC facility brings together security response experts from across the company to help protect, detect and respond to threats in real-time. Staffed with teams 24x7, the center has direct access to thousands of security professionals, data analysts, engineers, developers, program managers and operations specialists throughout Microsoft. In tandem with this, Microsoft announced a new Enterprise Cybersecurity Group. This is a dedicated group of worldwide security experts that offers security assessments, provides ongoing monitoring and threat detection, and also incident response capabilities.