Microsoft amps up focus on Windows 11 security to address evolving cyberthreats

Ahead of its Build conference this week, Microsoft announced a series of enhancements to Windows 11 aimed at making it more secure against a more intimidating, varied, and AI-enable threat landscape.

In a blog post detailing the enhancements, David Weston, Microsoft’s vice president of enterprise and OS security, pointed out that in 2015, the company detected around 115 password attacks per second. Today, there are more than 4,000.

“This landscape requires stronger and more comprehensive security approaches than ever before, …

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