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Microsoft launches Secure Future Initiative patterns

🔐 Microsoft announced the launch of the Secure Future Initiative (SFI) patterns and practices, a new library of actionable implementation guidance distilled from the company’s internal security improvements. The initial release includes eight patterns addressing urgent risks such as phishing-resistant MFA, preventing identity lateral movement, removing legacy systems, standardizing secure CI/CD, creating production inventories, rapid anomaly detection and response, log retention standards, and accelerating vulnerability mitigation. Each pattern follows a consistent taxonomy—problem, solution, practical steps, and operational trade-offs—so organizations can adopt modular controls aligned to secure by design, by default, and in operations principles.

Google survey: U.S. consumers report rising online scams

🔒 Google’s latest survey with Morning Consult shows U.S. consumers increasingly aware of online scams and taking new protective steps. Over 60% report an uptick in scams and one-third say they experienced a data breach, with texts and email the most common vectors. The report highlights generational differences in sign-in preferences — older adults rely on passwords while Gen Z favors passkeys and social sign-ins — and recommends Google Password Manager, 2‑Step Verification and modern authentication methods.