The Azure Security Podcast

Ryan Munsch, an expert in Copilot for Security, discusses Azure Security news including Azure SQL DB, SSMS 20, Change Actor, Copilot for Azure SQL DB, Azure Container Apps, AI Prompt Shields, AI Groundedness Detection, and BlueHat India and Israel. They explore grounding AI models, Blue Hat Conferences, updates in Azure Services for security, the complexity and design considerations of Co-Pilot for Security, and its innovative AI systems.

Guests Tony Rice and David Ornstein discuss Continuous Security Development Lifecycle, Azure Key Vault, Cloud PKI, OAuth2, SQL Server password verifiers, Memory Safety, Azure SQL DB. They emphasize continuous evaluation, data-driven approach, transparent evidence, and data-driven security in compliance work for enhanced security measures.

In this episode Michael and Sarah talk to Martin Abbott about the Global Azure event that starts soon, https://globalazure.net/. We talk about how to successfully fill out a Call for Papers (CFP) so YOU can present to a global audience about security topics that interest you. We also cover security news SQL Always Encrypted, SymCrypt and Rust, SQL Security Fundamentals, and free Security 101 material.

In this episode, Michael talks with Rigel Carlson from the Chaos Studio development team about Chaos Studio through a security lens. Michael also discusses news about Midnight Blizzard and \has some advice about using Azure's DefaultAzureCredential()The Microsoft Azure Security Podcast (azsecuritypodcast.net)

The podcast covers a range of interesting topics, including AI Red Teaming and the concept of 'jail-breaking' large language models. They discuss the interplay between language and AI models, as well as the importance of red teaming and mitigating risks in AI. Updates on security for Azure SQL and SQL Server are also provided.

In this episode we look back at what stood out for each of us and what we go up to. We also cover something not security-related, but of interest to all your geeks out there - EQ vs IQ. So make sure you stay until the end!

In this episode Michael talks with colleagues in the Azure Data Platform Security Team, Sharath Unni and Raul Garcia about securing Azure SQL DB, SQL MI and SQL Server through the eyes of an attacker.

Michael's colleagues Pieter Vanhove and Mirek Sztajno discuss updates to Always Encrypted and Transparent Data Encryption in SQL Server and Azure SQL DB. They explore key rotation, database-level key specification, advancements in database encryption, secure enclaves in Azure SQL databases, and compare TDE with Always Encrypted for data security.

Guest Nikhil Kumar, co-author of the Zero Trust Playbook Series, discusses the evolution of Zero Trust in cybersecurity, the transition to a six-stage plan for implementation, the intended audience for the book series, and the upcoming release of a cybersecurity playbook on Amazon.

In this episode Michael and Sarah talk with guest Madeline Eckert about Security Bug Bounties.We also discuss Azure Security news about SQL Server 2022, Azure certificate changes, TLS 1.0 and 1.1 deprecation, GitHub security scanning, Ransomeware defenses, Zero Trust and more.; and by 'more' we mean lock-picking!