The Azure Security Podcast

Jun 12, 202642m#129

In this episode, Michael and Sarah interview a man who needs no introduction, John Savill, the CTO of America's Markets and Industries at Microsoft. In this episode, John talks about a few security items that are top of

Jun 2, 202655m#128

In this episode Mark talks with guest Jack Richins and co-host Michael Howard about post-quantum cryptography and the upcoming 'Q-Day'. Jack and Michael explain what steps Microsoft is taking and what steps customers can

Apr 30, 202635m

In this episode, Michael, Sarah and Mark talk with Sherrod DeGrippo about some of the latest tactics and strategies used by modern threat actors, we also wander into the AI security weeds! We only have one news item rela

Mar 21, 202636m#126

In this episode, Michael and Sarah talk to Sophie Ke and Dave Minasyan about Microsoft Baseline Security Mode, a new feature to help ease security settings. We also cover the latest Azure security news including Microsof

Feb 27, 202634m#125

In this episode Michael and Mark talk with guest Blake Strom about the origins of the MITRE ATT&CK framework, how it was developed, and how it has evolved over time. We also discuss how the framework is used in the indus

Jan 30, 202629m#124

In this episode Michael talks to Raji Vanninathan about the Microsoft Security Response Center for AI. We also cover security news about AKS Deployment Safeguards policies. https://aka.ms/azsecpod

Jan 21, 202636m#123

In this episode, Michael, Sarah and Mark talk to Nick Wryter about agentic AI identity, with a big focus on least privilege issues. We also cover news about: Microsoft AI Tour Azure Database for PostgresSQL Azure MCP Ser

Dec 15, 202532m

In this episode Michael, Sarah and Mark discuss security-related topics from the recent Microsoft Ignite 2025 event. Lots of AI-related security topics, including using AI for security and defending AI systems. Bitlocker

Nov 21, 202547m#121

In this episode Michael and Sarah talk with co-host Mark Simos about new security standards documentation from the Open Group. It's a long episode but worth it! We also discuss Azure Security news about Private Endpoints

Oct 29, 202558m#120

In this episode Michael talks with guest Merill Fernando about the Zero Trust Workshop, but we also spend time talking about all things identity! Merill's final thought is pure gold, too! The only bit of news is about Az

Oct 9, 202539m#119

In this episode Michael, Sarah and Mark talk with guest Ryen Macababbad, Principal Security Program Manager at Microsoft about her current work on standardizing security terminology and taxonomy across Microsoft. Also, h

Sep 19, 202533m#118

In this episode Michael and Mark talk with guest Mark Russinovich, Technical Fellow, Deputy CISO and Chief Technology Officer of Microsoft Azure about quantum cryptography and quantum computing and its implications for s

Aug 29, 202543m#117

In this episode Michael and Sarah talk to Russ Rogers from the Xbox team about gaming security in general and Xbox specifically. This is the first time we have covered the topic! There is also so much news, we really lis

Jul 31, 202540m#116

In this episode Michael, Sarah and Mark talk to Mark Kendrick about Microsoft Sentinel Data Lake. We also cover news about The Open Group - Roles and Glossary standards, Security Adoption Module 5 - Data Security, Micros

Jul 10, 202551m#115

In this episode, Michael, Sarah and Mark talk to Den Delimarksy about the current posture of Model Context Protocol. Den serves on the committee that oversees MCP. We also cover the latest security news about Azure Firew

Jun 9, 202525m#114

In this episode, Michael talks to Pieter Vanhove and Pratim Dasgupta about the new security changes in SQL Server 2025. The news includes updates on MCP, Private Link and Microsoft Build 2025 security sessions presented

May 16, 202535m#113

In this episode, Michael, Sarah, and Mark talk to Craig Nelson, VP of the Microsoft Red Team about how the Red Team works to help secure Microsoft and its customers. In life, there are things you know you know, things yo

May 13, 202529m#112

In this episode Michael talks with guest Ran Munsch, Principal Product Manager at Microsoft about Security Copilot and Security Copilot Agents. We also discuss Azure Security news about System.Data .SqlClient, April 2025

Apr 17, 202523m#111

In this episode Michael and Sarah talk with guest Amanda Minnich about securing agentic AI systems, the security challenges they face, and how to secure them. We also discuss Azure Security news about Azure File Sync, Do

Apr 1, 202540m#110

In this episode Michael and Gladys talk to Sharon Chahal who is a Principal Program Manager in the Identity team at Microsoft about monitoring and auditing when building GenAI applications. We also cover other related to

Feb 19, 202537m#109

In this episode, Michael, Gladys and Mark talk to guest Bailey Bercik about the problem of overpermissioning and how to use Microsoft Entra Permissions Management to identify and manage over-permissioned identities in mu

Jan 20, 202522m#108

In this episode Michael, Gladys, Mark and Sarah talk to guest Diana Vicezar from the Microsoft Entra team about security Generative AI applications. Note, this is a short, simple intro episode to introduce three follow-o

Jan 6, 202537m#107

Happy New Year! In this episode Michael, Sarah and Mark talk to Maxime Bombardier and Emily Blundo about the Secure by default and Copilot overshare blueprints. We also cover news about Always Encrypted Assessment in SQL

Dec 10, 202444m#106

In this episode, Michael, Mark, and Sarah go over what they found interesting from Microsoft Ignite. Mark has a discount code for his Zero Trust Book, too. https://aka.ms/aszecpod

Nov 22, 202436m#105

In this episode, Michael, Sarah, and Mark talk to Merill Fernando about a set of open source tools he and his team have developed to help people understand their Azure and Entra ID security postures. We also cover news a