

The Azure Security Podcast
Michael Howard, Sarah Young, Gladys Rodriguez and Mark Simos
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.
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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.

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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.

Apr 7, 2023 • 35min
Episode 74: What's New in Azure Policy
Discussion on recent updates and improvements to Azure Policy, including disk encryption for Azure cache for Redis and user managed identities in Azure SQL database auditing. Introduction of Kemly from Azure policy team. Basics of Azure policy including enforcement, compliance reporting, and remediation.

Mar 23, 2023 • 28min
Episode 73: Microsoft Defender for Cloud as Code
In this episode Michael and Gladys talk with guests Sean Wesonga and Bojan Magusic about using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Microsoft Defender for Cloud. We also discuss Azure Security news about new Azure SQL Database migration abilities for authentication and Transparent Data Encryption (TDE).

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Mar 8, 2023 • 1h 1min
Episode 72: What's top of mind for the hosts and career advice!
In this episode Michael, Sarah, Gladys and Mark interview each other! The Podcast is almost three years old, and things have changed for each of us, so we thought we'd re-introduce ourselves, reflect, give career advice, and talk about what's top of mind for each of us!We also discuss Azure Security news about SQL Server and Azure SQL DB, MFA and AAD, AAD and IPv6, new SC-100 study guide and more.

Feb 15, 2023 • 28min
Episode 71: Azure SQL Database and Always Encrypted using Virtualization-Based Security Enclaves
In this special episode, Michael sits down with Pieter Vanhove about a new addition to the SQL Server 'Always Encrypted' family. The new addition, Virtualization-Based Security Enclaves (VBS), is now in Preview and allows for more scalability and lower cost when using secure enclaves compared to the current SGX-based enclaves.

Feb 13, 2023 • 34min
Episode 70: Microsoft Purview
In this episode Michael and Sarah talk with guests Beau Faull and Lou Mercuri about some new features and updated naming in Microsoft Purview. Beau and Lou are also co-hosts of the Coast2Coast Podcast on YouTube.We also discuss Azure Security news about Trusted Boot VMs, Sentinel and Defender for Cloud.

Feb 2, 2023 • 27min
Episode 69: Secured Supply Chain and Software Bill of Materials (SBOM)
In this episode, Michael and Mark talk to Adrian Diglio about Software Bill of Materials and its role in helping secure the software supply chain.We also have news items about SQL Server, Azure SQL DB, Azure Database for PostgreSQL, Azure Database for MySQL and Application Secure Groups and Private Endpoints. Mark goes over MCRA, Immutable Laws of Cybersecurity and Security Architecture Design.