The Azure Security Podcast
by Michael Howard, Sarah Young, Gladys Rodriguez and Mark Simos
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Episode 133: News about the Azure Key Vault Family
Episode 133: News about the Azure Key Vault Family
About this podcast
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
The newest 20 of 132 episodes
- Episode 133: News about the Azure Key Vault Family · 34 min · Season 1 Episode 133In this episode, Michael and Mark talk to Keith Prunella about the latest news out of the Azure Key Vault family of services. We also cover news about Microsoft Defender for…
- Episode 132 - Windows Server 2025 Security · 41 min · Season 1 Episode 132In this episode, Michael and Sarah talk to Orin Thomas about security improvements in Windows Server 2025. We realize this is an Azure podcast, but many people deploy Windows…
- Episode 131: What is MDASH? · 34 min · Season 1 Episode 131In this packed episode, Michael, Sarah and Mark talk to Taesoo Kim about the new MDASH. We have lots of news this week, too, including Certificate Services in Window now support…
- Episode 130: The Security Adoption Framework (SAF) · 36 min · Season 1 Episode 130In this episode, Michael talks with podcast cohost Mark Simos about big updates to the Security Adoption Frame (SAF). We also cover news about Secure Boot for Trusted Launch VMs…
- Episode 129: John Savill's Top of Mind · 43 min · Season 1 Episode 129In 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…
- Episode 128: Post Quantum Cryptography · 55 min · Season 1 Episode 128In 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…
- Episode 127: Threat intel update and AI · 36 minIn 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…
- Episode 126: Microsoft Baseline Security Mode · 36 min · Season 1 Episode 126In 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…
- Episode 125: Origins of MITRE ATT&CK · 35 min · Season 1 Episode 125In 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…
- Episode 124: Microsoft Security Response Center for AI · 29 min · Season 1 Episode 124In 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…
- Episode 123: Agentic Identity · 36 min · Season 1 Episode 123In 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…
- Episode 122: Microsoft Ignite 2025 Wrap-up · 33 minIn 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…
- Episode 121: New Open Group Security Standards Documentation · 48 min · Season 1 Episode 121In 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…
- Episode 120: The Zero Trust Workshop (and so much more!) · 59 min · Season 1 Episode 120In 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…
- Episode 119: Pedantic Security Wording and Taxonomies · 40 min · Season 1 Episode 119In this episode Michael, Sarah and Mark talk with guest Ryen Macababbad, Principal Security Program Manager at Microsoft about her current work on standardizing security…
- Episode 118 - Quantum Cryptography and Quantum Computing with Mark Russinovich · 34 min · Season 1 Episode 118In 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…
- Episode 117: Cloud Gaming Security · 43 min · Season 1 Episode 117In 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!…
- Episode 116: Microsoft Sentinel Data Lake · 40 min · Season 1 Episode 116In 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…
- Episode 115: Security in Model Context Protocol (MCP) · 52 min · Season 1 Episode 115In 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…
- Episode 114: SQL Server 2025 Security Improvements · 25 min · Season 1 Episode 114In 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…
