In this episode we cover recent Azure security news for SQL Server, IoT Hub, Azure Security Center, Databricks, Azure Policy with GitHub and Connection Manager. Gladys introduces a new product Azure Purview. We then talk to Miriam Wiesner about Security and Compliance using Microsoft 365 as well as her pet project: EventLists. If you're confused about Azure Defender, Microsoft Defender or Microsoft 365 Defender, then this is the podcast for you! Recommended that you have this diagram handy: M365...
Dec 11, 2020•39 min•Ep 18•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode Michael Howard and Sarah Young talk to Gary Buckmaster a Senior Architect in the Microsoft Technology Center in Sydney, Australia, about Azure Datacenter security, compliance and reliability. We also cover news about Azure Attestation, Confidential Computing, Storage and Virtual Machines.
Nov 30, 2020•27 min•Ep 17•Transcript available on Metacast Michael Howard, Sarah Young and Mark Simos with guest Nick Fadziewicz who is a Principal Consultant at Microsoft working in the Azure and AI team. In this episode we cover security news about Azure Datalake Storage Gen 2 ACLs, HDInsight and Azure Batch now support Private Link in preview. TLS protocol version support on Storage accounts, Azure Security Center vulnerability assessments and improved Kubernetes support, Azure Firewall DNS updates and more. Of note is a free e-book "Azure for Archit...
Nov 14, 2020•45 min•Ep 16•Transcript available on Metacast This week we cover security news about Log Analytics, Azure Key Vault, IoT, Zero Trust and more. Mark talks about VPN tech, and we then speak to Tom Quinn about the Top 10 Azure Security Practices.
Oct 30, 2020•41 min•Ep 15•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode we discuss Azure security news, including a new member to the Azure Key Vault family, immutable storage, PowerBI and private endpoints, Azure Security Center updates and Azure Top 10 Security practices. Finally, the team chats with Amrita about the Azure Security Benchmark project.
Oct 16, 2020•25 min•Ep 14•Transcript available on Metacast In this special episode Michael Howard and Mark Simos sit down with guest Cyril Voisin to cover the Azure security, compliance and governance news that came out of Microsoft Ignite 2020. The topics covered include updated news on the Microsoft Defender suite, Key Vault, SQL Server, Kubernetes, Data Loss Prevention, Azure Security Center, Zero Trust, Microsoft Information Governance and much more.
Oct 07, 2020•37 min•Ep 13•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode we discuss current Azure security news for VMs, IoT, Azure Arc, Sentinel and more. Mark gives his analysis of the latest Microsoft Digital Defense Report and then Sarah and Michael talk to Aeva about the technology, benefits and future of Confidential Computing on Azure at various levels of the hardware and software stack.
Oct 02, 2020•37 min•Ep 12•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode we discuss recent Azure security news including TLS in IoT (again!), Log Analytics REST APIs, Azure Information Protection, Azure Monitor and Confidential Computing. We then talk to Yina Arenas about the vision behind Microsoft Graph and how it can be used to help build security and IT management solutions.
Sep 17, 2020•35 min•Ep 11•Transcript available on Metacast After covering the new we interview Tali Ash from Microsoft Israel to discuss the tools available in Microsoft Threat Protection to secure Azure and on-prem networks
Sep 04, 2020•35 min•Ep 10•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode we cover the latest Azure security news and Mark chats about the role of threat models and shared responsibility in Azure. Guest, Maryam Rahmani then discusses the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) and the role it plays in protecting Dept. of Defense (DoD) contractors from cyber attacks.
Aug 21, 2020•28 min•Ep 9•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode we cover the latest Azure security news. Gladys discusses some IT training available from Microsoft to help people looking for IT positions in the wake of COVID-19 job-related issues. Michael then talks to Randy about the history of network isolation in Azure, as well as some DNS gotchas when using private endpoints.
Aug 07, 2020•29 min•Ep 8•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode we cover recent Azure security news, Gladys discusses some security research findings about weak security caused by companies rushing to deploy remte solutions for their workers and finally, Sarah chats to Ryen Macababbad about Azure identity, MFA and why having numerous security agents running on a box is bad.
Jul 23, 2020•30 min•Ep 7•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode we speak to Jay Yuzwenko about Incident Response and Compromise Recovery, especially as it relates to admins accessing Azure from compromised systems.
Jul 09, 2020•32 min•Ep 6•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode we interview David Sanchez, a Microsoft Azure Security specialist, and cover topics like bots, crypto miners, private link, DDoS and much more.
Jun 26, 2020•33 min•Ep 5•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode we speak to Thomas Weiss and Tony Voellm about CosmosDB security; we cover the basics of CosmosDB, encryption of data at rest, authentication, authorization, network isolation and monitoring. We also cover some near-term updates for client-side encryption and data-plane RBAC.
Jun 11, 2020•46 min•Ep 4•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode Michael and Sarah go over their experiences clearing the AZ-500 Azure Security Exam. Gladys talks more about Zero Trust, Mark Cloud Adoption Framework and finally, we interview Yuri Diogenes about some new Azure Security Center features announced at Microsoft Build.
May 28, 2020•30 min•Ep 3•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode Sarah chats to Michael Withrow about some of the finer details regarding container security on Azure.
May 14, 2020•42 min•Ep 2•Transcript available on Metacast Recorded 30th April, 2020. Michael Howard, Sarah Young, Gladys Rodriquez and Mark Simos. In this episode, we introduce the hosts and discuss Azure Security Center's ability to scan containers for malware as well as new Confidential Computing VMs that support Intel's SGX enclave technology.
May 02, 2020•36 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast 
