Yuri Diogenes has a PhD in cybersecurity leadership and a Master of Science in cybersecurity intelligence and forensics investigation. Yuri has been working at Microsoft since 2006, and currently he is a Principal PM Manager at Microsoft CxE, where he manages the Defender for Cloud and Azure Network Security Teams. Yuri is also a Professor at the University of Texas at Dallas, Trine University, and EC-Council University. Yuri has published more than 30 books, mostly around information security and Microsoft technologies. Yuri also holds an MBA and many IT/Security industry certifications, such as CISSP, E|CND, E|CEH, E|CSA, E|CHFI, E|CTI, CompTIA Security+, CySA+, CASP, and MITRE ATT&CK Cyber Threat Intelligence. You can follow Yuri on X at @yuridiogenes and watch his Defender for Cloud in the Field show at aka.ms/MDCInTheField.

Sarah Young is the Director of Security for the Microsoft Innovation Hub. Having worked with Microsoft Security products for a good portion of her security career, Sarah has extensive knowledge of the platform and has helped it develop and grow in various roles at Microsoft over the years. Sarah is an experienced public speaker and has presented on a range of IT security and technology topics at global industry events and holds numerous IT security qualifications (some expired, some still going!). She is an active supporter of security and cloud native communities around the world and is a co-host of the Microsoft Azure Security Podcast. You can follow Sarah on the socials @_sarahyo and listen to her podcast at aka.ms/azsecpod.