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S6E28 - Automate Your Security Baseline with Microsoft’s Open-Source Assessment Tool Nov 14, 2025

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In this episode, we dive into Microsoft’s Zero Trust Assessment - an open-source, automated tool that scans hundreds of Entra ID and Intune settings against NIST, CISA, CIS, and Microsoft’s own internal baselines. Discover how it aligns with the Secure Future Initiative, delivers actionable remediation, and turns Zero Trust from theory into measurable reality. Perfect for CISOs, SecOps teams, and anyone tired of spreadsheet audits.

Key Takeaways:

The Pain of Manual Zero Trust Audits
What the Zero Trust Assessment Actually Does
Why automate your security assessments

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S6E6 - Protect your servers with Defender for Server Feb 21, 2025

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Alan and Sam dive into Defender for Cloud's Protective workload for server. Alan goes through the different plans available and the features that are available. Here are a few things we covered:

What is the Defender for Server Protective workload
What features does it provide
How easy is it to enable
How much does it cost

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S5E32 - Microsoft updates August- new products and features released Sep 06, 2024

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This week, Alan and Sam talk about new features and services that have gone into Public Preview or General Available status in the last month. We dive into a couple of these updates that peaked our interest.

Some of the Microsoft product features and update we covered:

Key Microsoft Entra, Intune and Defender features and updates
Lots of Azure changes and new features

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S5E23 - Managed Identities for Azure Resources - Remove the need for secrets Jun 28, 2024

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Alan and Sam talk about the use of Managed Identities for Azure resources. Alan takes us through the methods used for programmatic access to Azure resources and the risks of some of the options. Here are a few things we covered:

What is programmatic access?
What methods are usually used to gain programmatic access?
What are Managed Identities for Azure resources, and how they can be used.

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S5E22 - Data API builder - Rapidly build CRUD APIs Jun 14, 2024

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This week Alan and Sam discuss Data API builder. It is a powerful tool designed to streamline the process of creating and deploying APIs for data-driven applications. It facilitates the rapid development of secure, scalable, and high-performance APIs that can seamlessly interact with various data sources, including databases, file systems, and third-party services. By automating much of the setup and configuration, Data API builder reduces the complexity and time required to bring data APIs to production, allowing developers to focus on building features and functionality rather than managing infrastructure. This tool is particularly beneficial for organizations looking to enhance their data accessibility and integration capabilities while ensuring robust security and performance standards.

_What are CRUD APIs? Why are they important?
How do you use it?
What are some of the use cases for the solution?
How much does it cost?

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S4E18 - Microsoft Entra External ID - Provide access for external identities to your apps or tenant Oct 13, 2023

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Alan and Sam discuss how Microsoft Entra External ID can help organisations collaborate and provide identity to their services. Alan goes through the B2B and B2C options and their scenarios.

Here are a few things we covered:

What are B2B and B2C identities
How are these identities used
What is an Microsoft Entra Multi-tenant organisation
How is Microsoft Entra External ID licenced

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S3E19 - Azure DevOps Services - plan, manage and deploy software more effectively May 12, 2023

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Alan and Sam discuss Azure DevOps services and its features. Sam gives us a tour of the features and benefits of Azure DevOps and how it can be integrated into your development process.

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S3E8 - Azure Key Vault - Securing your Certificates and Secrets Feb 24, 2023

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Alan and Sam discuss how Azure Key vault can help secure your certificates, keys, and secrets. Alan goes though the types of vaults you can use and how you can secure the access to the secrets. They also cover the various uses for key vault within azure services and application development.

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S2E19 - Microsoft Power Platform – Power to the Users Nov 11, 2022

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Alan and Sam discuss Microsoft Power Platform and why it is a useful tool have in an organisation. Alan takes the role of the 'Expert' and explains how you can easily build internal apps, automate process, and present data using the platform.

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S1E6 - Zero Trust Aug 26, 2020

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This episode we have a deep dive looking at Zero Trust, the principles, components and tools that enable us to be more secure in the modern workplace. Alan lives and breathes security day to day, so he gives us his insights into how Zero Trust is implemented in Azure/o365 and why you should be aware of this concept, regardless of your role in your workplace.

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