Steven B. Lipner is Director of Security Engineering Strategy at Microsoft. He is responsible for the development of programs to provide improved product security to Microsoft customers, and for the Secure Windows Initiative team that focuses on improving Microsoft’s security development processes. Mr. Lipner was one of the leaders of the Windows division security push that mobilized over 8,000 developers, program managers, and testers in a security review of the Windows design and code base. His team has led the definition of Microsoft’s security development processes and their integration into the Microsoft product development life cycle.