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S6E13 - Security Copilot - Your Security Analyst's Assistant May 16, 2025

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Alan and Sam discuss the benefits and use cases of Security Copilot. Alan Dives into how Security Pilot works and what some of the capabilities are. Here are a few things we covered:

What is Generative AI
What is Security Copilot
What are Agents
How much does it cost?

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S5E12 - Microsoft updates April - new products and features released Apr 05, 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:

Copilot for Security and M365
Syslog and CEF AMA connector for Microsoft Sentinel
Lots of Azure changes, new features and retirements!

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S5E9 - Microsoft updates March - new products and features released Mar 08, 2024

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Some of the Microsoft product features and update we covered:

Dark Mode in Defender XDR
Cloud PKI
Improvements in Azure Key Vault
Configuration-as-code customizations in Microsoft Dev Box

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S5E6 - Azure AI Studio - First Look - Build your own copilot with Microsoft's end to end solution Feb 16, 2024

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Azure AI Studio is an all-in-one AI platform that simplifies the development, evaluation, and deployment of generative AI solutions and custom copilots1. It provides a unified hub for building, managing, and fine-tuning AI models, making it easier for developers of all skill levels to create and deploy intelligent applications. Whether you’re working on natural language processing, computer vision, or other AI tasks, Azure AI Studio streamlines the process and offers a comprehensive suite of tools and services to support your AI projects.

Sam takes the lead covering:

What is AI and what do organizations use large language models for?
What is Azure AI studio, and what problems is it solving?
Sam's initial impressions of using Azure AI studio for the first time

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S4E21 - Azure App Service - You bring your apps, Azure provides the hosting platform Nov 03, 2023

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This week we discuss Azure App Service. Azure App Service is a robust, cloud-based platform that streamlines web app and API development. It simplifies deployment, auto-scaling, and management, supporting diverse programming languages and frameworks. Developers benefit from a fully managed, productive environment, enabling rapid development and easy integration with Azure services. With built-in security and compliance features, Azure App Service ensures a reliable and efficient solution for building, deploying, and scaling web applications and APIs, ultimately enhancing productivity and user experience.

Sam takes the lead providing insights such as:

Modern approaches to application hosting
The features and benefits of Azure App Service
How to deploy and manage applications on App Service
How is scaling, performance and billing handled

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S4E19 - Azure DDoS Protection - Add DDoS resilience to your public facing workloads Oct 20, 2023

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This week we discussed Azure DDoS protection, a managed service from Microsoft in Azure to mitigate against DDoS attacks. DDoS or distributed-denial-of-service attacks are commonly used to overwhelm internet facing resources in the hope of disrupting their operation. Azure DDoS protection is a simple to use managed service which allows organisations to rapidly apply protection to their resources. Sam takes the lead with providing insights such as:

What are DDoS attacks, and why do we need to mitigate them?
What is Azure DDoS protection
How do you set up Azure DDoS protection
Pricing

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S4E14 - Monitor Active Directory with Microsoft Defender for Identity Sep 15, 2023

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Alan and Sam discuss how Microsoft Defender for Identity monitors and detects unusual behavior's and attacks on Active Directory:

Here are a few things we covered:

What is Active Directory
Why do we need to monitor authentication on-premises
What is Microsoft Defender for Identity (MDI)
How is MDI licenced
How do you deploy MDI

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S4E6 - Introduce Passwordless authentication into your organisation with Microsoft technology Jul 21, 2023

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Alan and Sam discuss how passwordless authentication can help organisations to improve their authentication health and increase their security posture. Alan explains the concept and the solutions available. Alan also covers the rebrand of Azure AD to Microsoft Entra ID. Some of the areas we cover:

What is passwordless authentication.
What are the benefits of introducing passwordless to your organisation.
What does Microsoft Entra ID provide for passwordless authentication.

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S4E5 - Azure Confidential Ledger - Use blockchain to create secure, tamper proof data stores Jul 14, 2023

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Alan and Sam discuss how Azure Confidential Ledger can help organisations to create private tamper proof stores of data. Sam explains the features of the solution and the benefits that it can bring:

Why would an organisation need a tamper proof data store?
What is Azure Confidential Ledger?
How can Microsoft / Azure be kept out of the data store?

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S4E1 - Defender for DevOps - Add protection to your DevOps process with ease Jun 16, 2023

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This week we discuss Defender for DevOps. It gives you visibility of your security posture within your CI/CD processes. Improves your threat protection and hardening of your Infrastructure-as-code (IaC) resources. Fully integrated with Defender for Cloud, Defender for DevOps is simple to roll out and provides a wealth of security insight. Sam takes the lead with providing insights such as:

What DevOps is
Why DevSecOps and SecDevOps are important
Which platforms are supported
What security insights can be shown
How to configure Defender for DevOps
How it integrates with your processes
How to monitor it
How much it costs

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