

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.
Episodes
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Sep 10, 2021 • 44min
Azure Defender for SQL - Vulnerability Assessment
Michael and David Trigano of the Azure Defender for SQL Vuln Assessment geek out about SQL security. Gladys discusses the ramifications of the recent Executive Order on Cybersecurity and Mark describes some new MS Cybersecurity Reference Architecture material. Sarah is still taking a break, but she'll be back soon.

Aug 24, 2021 • 34min
A Deep Look at Azure Defender for SQL - Threat Protection
In this episode we talk to Michael Makhlevich about Azure Defender for SQL - Threat Protection. Michael Howard and our guest geek out about common SQL security issues and MichaelM gives some interesting philosophical insights into securing SQL databases - it's not just the data! We also cover security news from Managed Hardware Security Module (MSH), App Config, Sentinel, Machine Learning, Azure Security Center and much more.

Aug 2, 2021 • 27min
Study Guide for SC-200: Microsoft Security Opertions Analyst
This episode is a little different; no news! Michael talks with Yuri Diogenes and Sarah about the various Azure Security certifications, and Sarah and Yuri talk about their upcoming study guide for SC-200: Microsoft Security Operations Analyst.

Jul 28, 2021 • 46min
Zero Trust at Microsoft
In this episode Michael, Sarah, Gladys and Mark talk with guest Carmichael Patton, a Senior Security Architect in the Digital Security and Resiliency group at Microsoft about Microsoft's journey to Zero Trust and some of the lessons learned along the way.We also discuss Azure Security news about: Azure Sentinel, Azure Automation, Azure SQL DB and Always Encrypted withe Secure Enclaves, App Insights, App Service and Functions, Azure Active Directory, Azure Firewall, Azure Kubernetes Service, Azure Security Center, Azure Bastion. Mark also talks about some Open Group actitivites and recent Microsoft security acquisitions.

Jul 7, 2021 • 37min
Azure Sentinel SOC Process Workbook
In this episode Michael, Sarah, Gladys and Mark talk with guest Rin Ure about the Azure Sentinel SOC Process Framework Workbook. We also discuss Azure Security news about Azure Web Application Firewall, Azure Front Door, Azure SQL DB, Azure Sphere, Confidential Compute VMs and episode 2 of the Spanish Azure Security Podcast is now out.

Jun 29, 2021 • 40min
Azure Security Automation
In this episode we talk to Nicholas DiCola about automating security tasks in Azure. We also cover security news about Azure Monitor, Confidential Computing, Azure Key Vault, Visual Studio Code, Azure Sentinel, Azure Defender for MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL and IoT, and more. Make a point of listening to Mark's comments about the state of Human-operated Ransomware.

Jun 15, 2021 • 42min
Microsoft Threat Intelligence - MSTIC
In this episode we interview Pete Bryan from the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center - MSTIC - about lessons learned from the recent highly-public nation-state attacks on US infrastructure. We also cover news about GitHub, CosmosDB, Storage account key rotation, Azure Functions, SimuLand, Gladys also announces that there is now a Spanish edition of the Azure Security Podcast.

Jun 4, 2021 • 34min
Azure Data Explorer
In this episode Michael, Sarah, Gladys and Mark talk with Minni Walia about Azure Data Explorer, a fast and highly scalable data exploration service for log and telemetry data. We also discuss Azure Security news about Bicep, VPN Gateway, Azure Backup, Azure Security Center, AKS, Azure Sentinel, IoT Hub, API Management, SimuLand and Microsoft Cybersecurity Reference Architectures and Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework.

May 21, 2021 • 35min
Azure Purview
In this episode Michael, Gladys and Mark talk with guests Gopal Shankar and Arvind Chandaka discuss a new data governance product Azure Purview. We also discuss Azure Security news for the following: Azure Monitor, Storage, cryptography, Zero Trust, Incident Response, Azure Information Protection, Ransomware and more.

May 5, 2021 • 42min
Applied Data Science, AI and machine learning in Security
In this episode Michael, Sarah, Gladys and Mark talk with guest Sharon Xia about applied Artificial intelligence and Machine Learning in Cybersecurity. This is one of those episodes where many of us learned a great deal about something we know little about! We also discuss Azure Security news for: Azure VMs, Azure Charts, Zero Trust and the Open Group, Sentinel, App Gatewat, Security Technical Content Library and a new Azure Networking Security book.