
The Azure Security Podcast
A twice-monthly podcast dedicated to all things relating to Security, Privacy, Compliance and Reliability on the Microsoft Cloud Platform. Hosted by Microsoft security experts, Michael Howard, Sarah Young, Gladys Rodriguez and Mark Simos. https://aka.ms/azsecpod ©2020-2025 Michael Howard, Sarah Young, Gladys Rodriquez, and Mark Simos.
Latest episodes

Sep 22, 2023 • 44min
Episode 84: Attack Simulation
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.

Aug 14, 2023 • 37min
Episode 83: PowerShell Automation and Scripting for Cybersecurity
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.

6 snips
Aug 8, 2023 • 36min
Episode 82: Modern Security Strategy
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.

Jul 28, 2023 • 27min
Episode 81: Audit logging in Azure SQL Database
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!

5 snips
Jul 14, 2023 • 34min
Episode 80: Microsoft Incident Response
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.

Jun 13, 2023 • 28min
Episode 79: Threat Intelligence with MSTICPy
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.

4 snips
Jun 2, 2023 • 32min
Episode 78: Entra Permissions Management updates
In this episode Michael and Gladys talk with guests Marcelo di lorio and Neil Walker about all the latest news in Entra Permissions Management.We also cover the latest Azure security news about Microsoft Build, Confidential Computing, Key Vault, SQL MI, and Azure Content Safety and more.

6 snips
May 19, 2023 • 41min
Episode 77: Securing Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
This week, Michael, Mark and Gladys talk to Anthony Shaw about some of the best practices and tooling for securing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions. Sarah is away in Singapore, presenting at BlackHat.We also cover security news about DDoS, Cosmos DB, Microsoft Defender for APIs, Load Balancer, Zero Trust and discovering Internet-facing devices.

May 3, 2023 • 27min
Episode 76: Microsoft Security Research Insights
In this episode Michael, Sarah, and Mark talk with guest Negar Shabab. We also discuss Azure Security news about new Confidential Computing VMs, SQL Server, T-SQL Parsing, Auditing in Azure SQL DB, Sentinel and more.Make sure you go to The Microsoft Azure Security Podcast (azsecuritypodcast.net), because Mark ordered pizza during the recording.

Apr 14, 2023 • 36min
Episode 75: What's new in Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Yuri Diogenes, Microsoft Defender for Cloud expert, joins the hosts to discuss the latest news on Microsoft Defender for Cloud. Topics covered include Trusted VM Launch, Chaos Studio, Azure SQL DB, DDoS protection, Confidential Containers, and Firewall updates.