supply-chain-security

  1. Microsoft's Quantum Safe Program: From PQC Testing to Enterprise Migration by 2033

    Microsoft’s public roadmap for a quantum‑safe future is no longer a research manifesto: it’s a multi‑year engineering and procurement plan that maps how SymCrypt, Windows, Azure, Microsoft 365 and silicon will evolve to resist the cryptanalytic power of future quantum computers. The company has...
  2. Close the Defender Gap: Update Windows OS Install Images with Offline Defender Pack

    Microsoft's warning about servicing Windows installation images with a fresh Microsoft Defender package is a timely reminder that new installations can inherit an invisible security gap: the antimalware binaries and definitions embedded in ISO/WIM/VHD images become stale the moment an image is...
  3. Windows 11 Security for Higher Education: Passwordless Sign-On & Hardware Protections

    Windows 11’s security-first architecture is arriving at a critical moment for colleges and universities, delivering a broad set of built-in protections—passwordless sign-on, hardware-based isolation, and Microsoft Defender tooling—that aim to reduce ransomware risk and ease management burdens...