Join us this episode as we talk with Michael Melone, Cyber Threat Hunter at Microsoft. Michael Melone is a cybersecurity professional with over 20 years of experience, specializing in determined human adversary incident response, security operations, and KQL. As a principal security researcher for Microsoft's Defender Experts for XDR, Michael works as part of a team of analysts overseeing security operations for its customers and drives product design for the software used in its delivery. Prior to this role, he spent over 7 years investigating targeted attack incidents at customers across the globe as well as 3 years helping large enterprise customers onboard and operationalize the Microsoft 365 Defender XDR suite. Michael holds an executive MBA from USF, a Master of Science in IT Management specializing information assurance and security from Capella University, as well as being a long-time holder of the CISSP certification and a variety of other IT industry certifications. Michael is also the author of the books Designing Secure Systems and Think like a Hacker.

Show Notes/Links

* Michael Melone's LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mjmelone/

* Michael’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm4mtCNoTEVSPoxUhO4ssbg

* Michael's blog: https://melone.co/

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Join us this episode as we welcome Heike Ritter, Principal Product Manager at Microsoft! Many of you already know (or have heard of) Heike, but this episode we get her all to ourselves to talk about how in her role at Microsoft she is leading knowledge building through the Virtual Ninja Training series, among other things.

Show Notes/Links

* Defender News: https://aka.ms/DefenderNews

* Ninja Training: https://aka.ms/NinjaTraining

* The Ninja Show: https://aka.ms/NinjaShow

* Sword of the Shattered Kingdoms: Ancient Crystal of Eldoria: https://amzn.to/3LfKKME

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Join us as we have a hosts-only show leading up to Independence Day. Independence Day, known colloquially as the Fourth of July, is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the Declaration of Independence, which was ratified by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, establishing the United States of America.

EXTRA: Rod is out sick. Brodie is doing new daddy things. So, it’s up to Raae and Edward to celebrate the US holiday.

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We have a treat this week! You've heard about it. Many of you have used it and swear by it. Now hear directly from ...drum roll, please... Cribl!

Show Notes/Links

* Cribl’s website: https://cribl.io/

* Aldo Dossola’s LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aldo-dossola/

* Kam Amir’s LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kamiloamir/

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In this episode, our good friends from Difenda will drop by to talk about stories from the MSSP trenches, how they help customers accelerate cyber maturity via Microsoft Security technologies (including Copilot for Security), who they think will take home the Stanley Cup, and any other topics we throw at them. Joining us from the Difenda team will be Andrew Hodges and Kyle Link, two guys with plenty of infosec scar tissue, and as a result, an equal number of pragmatic solutions.

Show Notes/Links

* Difenda website: https://www.difenda.com/

* Difenda Microsoft Marketplace: https://appsource.microsoft.com/marketplace/partner-dir/987a6d16-1c37-4bcc-b5f5-1a6091c3d7c9/overview

* Microsoft Copilot for Security Adoption ‘Difend’ Accelerator Services: https://appsource.microsoft.com/marketplace/consulting-services/difenda.difenda_copilot_for_security

* Microsoft Copilot for Security Adoption ‘Difend’ Accelerator Brief: https://query.prod.cms.rt.microsoft.com/cms/api/am/binary/RW1l1h1

* Partner Learning for CfS: https://securitypartners.transform.microsoft.com/partner-ecosystem

* https://Microsoft365dsc.com - Microsoft365DSC is the most comprehensive and complete solution to have your Microsoft 365 tenant configuration simple and stable. It's an Open-Source initiative hosted on GitHub, led by Microsoft engineers and maintained by the community.

* New Show News section of the site: https://www.microsoftsecurityinsights.com/t/show-news

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Join us this episode as we invite and talk with Robert Disney. Robert is doing some amazing things with ChatGPT and security.

NOTE: This is a demo-heavy episode! If you can, watch the live replay below…

NOTE PART 2: As mentioned HERE on the site, we will stop streaming the live show to Twitch. Please instead use YouTube, LinkedIn, or X/Twitter.

Show Notes/Links

* Robert’s LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertdisney/

* FauxPilot: https://github.com/robdisney/fauxpilot

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Join us this episode as we welcome, Michael Zambotti, Client CIO at Miles Technologies.

This show was originally scheduled for guest, Akto. Akto is the only Open-Source API Security platform and focuses on GenAI security. Watch for the reschedule.

Show Notes/Links:

* Mike Zambotti LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mjzambotti/

* Women in Cybersecurity: https://www.wicys.org/

* Episode 200 - Tuesday, March 26th, 5pm EST - Leticia Gammill, Director, Security Sales Programs @Microsoft | Founder & President at WOMCY, Latam Women in Cybersecurity: https://www.microsoftsecurityinsights.com/p/the-microsoft-security-insights-show

* The Microsoft Security Insights Show - Women in Cybersecurity Month - March 2024: https://www.microsoftsecurityinsights.com/p/the-microsoft-security-insights-show

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Join us this episode as we talk with Cognni to learn about their solution for data security and how this plays a huge part in securing AI.

Show Notes/Links

* Cognni’s website: https://cognni.ai/

* Connect with Clifford Corney on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cliffcorney/

* Connect with Oliver Samuel on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliver-samuel-227b6a1b6/

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This episode we welcome Drew Nicholas and Mary Lieb to talk all about Extended Security Posture Management (XSPM).

Show Notes/Links

* Mary Lieb LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mary-lieb-profile/

* Drew Nicholas LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drewnicholas1/

* Review and classify critical assets: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/security-exposure-management/classify-critical-assets

* Review security initiatives: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/security-exposure-management/initiatives

* Introducing Microsoft Security Exposure Management: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/security-compliance-and-identity/introducing-microsoft-security-exposure-management/ba-p/4080907

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This episode we welcome back Chris Stelzer to dig deep into how to develop your own plug-ins for Copilot for Security!

Show Notes/Links

* Chris Stelzer’s LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scstelz/

* Official GitHub Repo for Copilot for Security: https://github.com/Azure/Copilot-For-Security/tree/main

* Microsoft Sentinel Triage AssistanT (STAT): https://github.com/briandelmsft/SentinelAutomationModules/tree/main/Deploy

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