Maxime Bombardier, a data security expert aiding clients in deploying Purview solutions, discusses essential topics. He delves into the significance of encryption and the critical need for user training. The conversation also covers the oversharing blueprint for Microsoft 365 Copilot, emphasizing a 'secure by default' strategy to protect sensitive information. Maxime highlights the integration challenges with Purview Blueprints and the importance of documentation for effective data governance, promoting best practices to enhance organizational security.

In this episode, Michael, Mark, and Sarah go over what they found interesting from Microsoft Ignite. Mark has a discount code for his Zero Trust Book, too.https://aka.ms/aszecpod

Merill Fernando, Principal Product Manager at Microsoft Entra, shares his expertise on open-source security tools designed to enhance Azure and Entra ID security. He discusses recent developments from the Microsoft Ignite event, including FIDO2 authentication and the retirement of older TLS versions. Insights on Zero Trust principles and the new security tool, Maester, highlight the importance of collaboration in tech solutions. Merill emphasizes the urgent need for Multi-Factor Authentication across organizations to bolster security awareness and frameworks.

In this episode, Michael talks to Nic Fillingham about the recent Microsoft Bluehat Security conference held at the Microsoft HQ in Redmond, WA. We also discuss how to tell the NZ and Australian accents apart. This alone is worth listening to :)This is a follow-on from episode 103 when we talked about what was coming up for Bluehat.No news, as this is a special, smaller episode. It's also the least edited; other than some ums and ers getting removed and a small retake, the result is as was recorded. Let us know what you think, this feels a little more 'chatty' and personable.https://aka.ms/azsecpod

In this episode we speak to Nic Fillingham who is a Senior Program Manager at Microsoft about security conferences and mainly about the Microsoft Bluehat conference he runs. We also discuss security about PostgreSQL, Cosmos DB, IP address management, containers and AI Studio. https://aka.ms/azsecpod

In this episode Michael and Sarah talk to Nestori Syynimaa about Entra ID security and his purple-team tool, AADInternals. We also cover the latest security news about Secure Future Initiative (SFI), MFA for Azure Portal, Playright, WordPress, NSG, Bastion, Azure Functions, MS Ignite, App Service, Defender for Cloud, Containers, Azure Monitor, AKS, Trustworthy AI and Azure AI Content Safety.https://aka.ms/azsecpod

In this episode Michael, Mark and Sarah talk to Matt Zorich and Waymon Ho of the Microsoft GHOST team. We discuss the role GHOST plays in protecting both Microsoft and our customers from nation-state threat actors. We also cover the latest security news about Event Grid, NetApp Files, Chaos Studio and AKS. https://aka.ms/azsecpod

In this episode Michael, Sarah, Gladys and Mark talk about our careers so far, explain some funny stories and our wishes for a more secure future. Our storiesMark at the startSarah 4m 5sGladys 6m 50sMichael 12m 22sFunny StoriesMark 19m 31sSarah 20m 33sGladys 22m 46sMichael 24m 39sCareer AdviceMark 26m 58sSarah 29m 18sGladys 31m 48sMichael 34m 40sFutureMark 36m 27sSarah 38m 33sGladys 40m 34sMichael 42m 24sBehind the ScenesMark 43m 36s

In this (late) episode, we chat to Andrew McMurray, a Principal Product Manager at Microsoft about securing Copilot data as well as how Purview can play a role in doing so. We also cover news about MFA access to the Azure Portal (Important), PostgreSQL, Entra ID and Windows authn metadata, Backup Vaults, Conditional Access Policy, ADFS, and Azure Container Apps.

In this episode Michael and Gladys talk with guest Dave Weston about Secure Future Initiative and the growing use of the Rust programming language at Microsoft.On the topic of Rust, Michael and Dave nerd out, and we make no apologies!https://aka.ms/azsecpod