The Microsoft Information Security Tools (IST) team has released the Connected Information Security Framework (CISF), a software development framework comprises of API’s and reusable components that is designed to ‘create bespoke or custom information security and risk management solutions.’ Additionally along with this release of CISF, the IST team is also releasing the first custom application using CISF called Risk Tracker version 1.0 that manages and tracks information security risk. Read more about CISF and the Risk Tracker application as Todd Kutzke, Senior Director from Microsoft Information Security, provides an overview in his recent blog, “Announcing the Connected Information Security Framework (CISF) and Risk Tracker.”

-Diane Talvo

Security Awareness Program Manager

Microsoft Information Security