Yesterday, Microsoft published its latest earnings report, revealing details of a strong quarter for its Office and cloud businesses , with further significant increases in revenue and usage of its Azure platform. As Microsoft’s cloud services grow in popularity, the company is spending vast sums on security efforts to protect its consumer and enterprise customers.
Last May, Microsoft published its biannual Security Intelligence Report incorporating cloud data for the first time , in recognition of the growing importance of the cloud. It detailed the company’s efforts to track, respond and prevent malicious threats in an era of online computing.
Microsoft vice president of security Bharat Shah told Reuters at the company’s BlueHat conference this week that it’s spending over $1 billion per year on cybersecurity research and development, and that it will continue to do so. But Shah also noted that “as more and more people use cloud, that spending has to go up.
