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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. aka.ms/azsecpod ©2020-2025 Michael Howard, Sarah Young, Gladys Rodriquez, and Mark Simos.

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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 Azure SQL DB and how TDE key ma... more

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, how getting terminology right... more

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 security and the future.

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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 list all the announcements here! ... more

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Recent Guests

Merill Fernando
Works in the Microsoft Entra Customer Experience Team
Microsoft
Episode: Episode 120: The Zero Trust Workshop (and so much more!)
Ryen Macababbad
Principal Security Program Manager at Microsoft, part of the enterprise security team
Microsoft
Episode: Episode 119: Pedantic Security Wording and Taxonomies
Mark Russinovich
Chief Technology Officer of Azure and Technical Fellow at Microsoft
Microsoft
Episode: Episode 118 - Quantum Cryptography and Quantum Computing with Mark Russinovich
Russ Rogers
Security expert with a background in penetration testing and red teaming, currently working at Xbox.
Xbox
Episode: Episode 117: Cloud Gaming Security
Mark Kendrick
Principal product manager focusing on Microsoft Sentinel Data Lake
Microsoft
Episode: Episode 116: Microsoft Sentinel Data Lake
Den Delimarsky
Principal Product Engineer at Microsoft
Microsoft
Episode: Episode 115: Security in Model Context Protocol (MCP)
Pieter Vanhove
Product Manager in the Data Platform Security Team specializing in data encryption.
Microsoft
Episode: Episode 114: SQL Server 2025 Security Improvements
Pratim Dasgupta
Product Manager working on Identity and SQL Authentication.
Microsoft
Episode: Episode 114: SQL Server 2025 Security Improvements
Craig Nelson
VP of Microsoft's Red Team with 18 years of experience at Microsoft, focusing on cloud security.
Microsoft
Episode: Episode 113: Microsoft Red Team

Hosts

Michael Howard
Host with extensive experience in security and cloud technologies, actively involved in discussions concerning Microsoft Security.
Sarah Young
Co-host and Microsoft security expert, involved in various discussions on security practices relevant to cloud technologies.
Mark Simos
Co-host and Product Manager at Microsoft, with expertise in security solutions and cloud infrastructure.

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4.7 out of 5 stars from 88 ratings
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    Really been enjoying the content and good range of guests talking about Azure security features

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    Australia4 years ago

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Episode 120: The Zero Trust Workshop (and so much more!)
Q: How does Microsoft incorporate feedback into their security practices?
Microsoft continually updates their workshops and practices based on the latest learnings and feedback from customer experiences.
Episode 120: The Zero Trust Workshop (and so much more!)
Q: What does The Zero Trust Workshop entail?
The workshop is structured to help organizations address security gaps and improve their practices by evaluating their current state and implementing best practices.
Episode 119: Pedantic Security Wording and Taxonomies
Q: If you could rewrite every company's security policy, what would be the first thing that you would fix?
Ryen would fix the term 'production' to ensure a consistent definition across organizations, particularly distinguishing between customer-facing production environments and internal enterprise environments.
Episode 119: Pedantic Security Wording and Taxonomies
Q: What is the hardest part of your role nowadays?
Ryen mentioned that getting people to align on policy definitions can be challenging due to differing interpretations of language and terms.
Episode 118 - Quantum Cryptography and Quantum Computing with Mark Russinovich
Q: What does a day in the life look like for Mark Russinovich?
On average, Mark spends about 80% of his day in meetings, divided between team check-ins and broader architectural discussions, alongside individual study and research into AI and technology.

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