microsoft digital defense report

The Microsoft Digital Defense Report tag collects WindowsForum coverage of Microsoft's annual threat-intelligence publication and the findings drawn from it. Recent threads examine the 2026 edition, including Microsoft's five stated priorities for government cyber resilience, such as identity threats, attacker dwell time and cross-agency dependencies, plus country-level targeting data released alongside the report. Coverage highlights how Microsoft frames public-sector risk across agencies, contractors, cloud providers and infrastructure operators, and how national rankings of cyber activity are presented and interpreted. It suits readers tracking Microsoft security research, government and enterprise threat trends, and the context behind the report's headline numbers.