MSAFP

MSAFP, or Microsoft Safety and Forensics Platform, is a designation used in Microsoft documentation and public material to refer to a set of security data repositories, analysis tools, and workflows intended to support malware triage, forensic investigations, and threat intelligence within Microsoft's security ecosystem. Public references are limited, and there is no single official public specification of the platform. In many descriptions, MSAFP is described as the internal backbone that enables secure collection, storage, and analysis of telemetry from Windows devices, cloud services, and Microsoft 365 apps.

Function and scope: Its primary goals are to accelerate detection of malicious activity, facilitate rapid incident response, and provide investigators with a unified view of security events. Core capabilities typically include secure telemetry ingestion, sandboxed analysis environments for dynamic malware behavior, automated correlation and enrichment of events, machine learning–assisted triage, case management, and reporting tools. The platform is expected to integrate with the Defender suite and threat intelligence services to produce actionable insights.

Implementation notes: Because official public documentation is sparse, details about the platform’s architecture, data schemas, and deployment models are not publicly disclosed. References to MSAFP often appear in internal blog posts, conference talks, or job postings related to security analytics and incident response.

Overall, MSAFP appears to be part of Microsoft’s broader security data ecosystem, serving as a framework to support malware analysis, forensics, and threat intelligence across their products and services.