Microsoft is taking pains to sharpen its internal security posture, enlisting 'the equivalent of 34,000 full-time engineers' for the effort.

The Secure Future Initiative was created around the same time the Cyber Safety Review Board chided Redmond for having poor security culture.

Microsoft gave new details about its security initiatives, less than five months after CEO Satya Nadella made security its top priority.

Microsoft made security its No. 1 priority for every employee earlier this year, following years of security issues and a scathing report from the US Cyber Safety Review Board. Nearly six months after Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told the entire company that security should be prioritized above all else,