IIRC, StrSafe.h - and much more - came from the development of the Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle (SDL). Code Red was the wake-up call for Microsoft

IIRC, StrSafe.h - and much more - came from the development of the Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle (SDL). Code Red was the wake-up call for Microsoft and in February 2002, based on a memo from Bill Gates that first coined the phrase "Trustworthy Computing," Microsoft shutdown Windows development for the first time ever to get a handle on the security issues the products were facing. https://www.itprotoday.com/strategy/story-behind-microsoft-security-development-lifecycle https://www.itprotoday.com/strategy/story-behind-microsoft-s...