The Azure Security Podcast

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!

In this episode Michael, Sarah, Gladys, and Mark talk with guest Roberto Rodriguez about attack simulation, Cloud Katana, and AI.We also discuss Azure Security news about Azure SQL DB, Azure Key Vault, Cosmos DB, Trusted Launch VMs, Azure Artifacts, Zero Trust, Windows and TLS and Entra ID.

Miriam Wiesner, author of 'PowerShell Automation and Scripting for Cybersecurity', discusses the benefits and challenges of bring your own key in cybersecurity. The podcast also covers insights on writing a book, an overview of PowerShell and cybersecurity, and the use of PowerShell in automation and scripting for cybersecurity.

Microsoft Security MVP Truls Dahlsveen joins the hosts to discuss Modern Security Strategy. Topics include Zero Trust Commandments as a standard, TLS policy updates for Azure application gateway, firmware analysis in Defender for IoT, prioritizing identity-based logs, industry standard frameworks and controls, ASU control and secure scores.

In this special episode Michael talks to his colleague Sravani Saluru about how to configure, monitor and manage audit logging in Azure SQL Database. She also shares some inside hints and tips!

In this episode Michael and Sarah talk with guest Matt Zorich from the Microsoft Incident Response team. We also cover the latest Azure security news about Azure's Web Application Firewall and Azure Monitor RBAC.

Threat Intelligence expert Thomas Roccia discusses MSTICPy, a versatile Python library used in cybersecurity. Topics include selecting security battles in Azure, new features like Azure Active Directory support for Azure Files SMB shares, and the importance of attending security conferences and sharing knowledge.