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With cyber threats growing more automated and malicious, securing enterprise data and privacy has never been more challenging. Apple and Microsoft‘s new security initiatives capitalize on their core cloud security and privacy strengths to close security gaps and reduce risk for every business.
Microsoft’s Secure Future Initiative (SFI) and Apple’s Private Cloud Compute (PCC) represent the latest enterprise-ready approaches to improving cloud security and privacy. The larger the enterprise, the more diverse its cybersecurity and privacy needs, so SFI and PCC are designed to deliver real-time responses at scale.
Microsoft first unveiled the Secure Future Initiative (SFI) in Nov. 2023 to enhance its clients’ enterprise cloud security infrastructure. SFI’s goal is to deliver step-wise improvements in security across the Microsoft ecosystem. The company recently published its Secure Future Initiative Progress Report.
Apple launched its Private Cloud Compute (PCC) platform in June 2024. The PCC is a cloud intelligence system created specifically for private AI processing. Apple’s device-level security and privacy architecture is core to PCC and extended to cloud-based AI operations. One of the PCC’s primary design goals is to keep cloud-processed user data private. This is done with custom silicon, a hardened OS and privacy-preserving methods that manage data requests without storing data.
Microsoft’s Secure Future Initiative (SFI) is a multi-layered defense for enterprise security
At its foundation, SFI is designed to embed security into every layer of Microsoft products and services as part of its secure-by-design framework and more broadly speaking, a new security philosophy.
Microsoft’s Executive Vice President Takeshi Numoto recently said, “At Microsoft, security is our top priority, and through SFI, we ensure that our products and AI systems are secure, private and safe.” Microsoft reaffirmed its commitment to TrustWorthy AI with an announcement this week emphasizing responsible development and deployment of AI technologies.
Six engineering pillars form the foundation of Microsoft’s Secure Future Initiative (SFI) strategy. These pillars are designed to protect systems, data and identities while anticipating cybersecurity threats all from a common platform.
Three core principles define SFI. These include secure by design, secure by default and secure operations. Microsoft committed to these in their latest report, saying all product teams will be using these principles and adopting the Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) as their development methodology.
Source: Microsoft. Secure Future Initiative Progress Report, September …