Microsoft Boosts Device Security With Windows Resiliency Initiative

Microsoft announced a Windows Resiliency Initiative and a set of security and reliability changes for a 2025 Windows release—driven by a widespread CrowdStrike update outage—including stricter app and driver controls, a move to allow third‑party security products to run outside the kernel, incremental language shifts toward Rust, enhanced identity protections (Windows Hello and passkeys), default lesser privileges for users, faster recovery tools, and collaboration with CISA and industry partners to adopt Secure by Design principles.