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Topic Abstract
Cybersecurity is defined by its evolving nature. Both sides – the threat actors and the defenders – constantly innovate. Recent events have painted a dark picture. Organizations are seeing Cybersecurity related reports on the front page of Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the BBC News, etc., as a few major organizations have been breached and suffered loss of critical customer data. The impact of these events can be significant with security talent which is scarce and adds additional security challenges. Threats are on the rise: 160 million records exposed, 101 days between compromise and detection, and over $4 million of cost/business impact per breach. The potential impact in terms of recovery cost, brand impact, and public relations recovery can be extremely significant.
Security automation and threat intelligence solutions will help organizations where all knowledge and information of what is good and bad is plugged-in and provide insight to ensure the organization is secured as per internal security practices and industry guidelines and overcome the complexities of cyber-security compliance. With an increasingly multifaceted cyber threat landscape and the extreme scarcity of skilled security professionals, many organizations are looking for ways to improve and simplify security operations. Organizations are stressed to find answers that provide adequate security at the scale they need, and at a reasonable price. The answer is security automation and continuous compliance.
Speaker Profile
Mr. Malik is a Security Program Manager at Microsoft Corporation,
Redmond, WA, USA. In his role, Mr. Malik is responsible for leading projects
at Microsoft’s Digital Security and Risk Engineering Team, including
Engineering, Assessments, Consulting and Risk Management. These
projects are focused both on improving Microsoft’s internal security and on
improving the security of some of Microsoft’s largest customers.
Mr. Malik is competent and dynamic professional offering a distinguished
and insightful exposure of over 19+ years of experience across high-growth
environments related to Infrastructure Solutions design and deployment,
Identity Management, Risk Assessments, Incident Management, Service
Delivery, Service Assurance and Client Relationship Management. Mr. Malik
work hard with unending energy and focus to dig deep into the problems
and also step back to view the big picture, for both internal and external
customers. Mr. Malik is a strategic thinker and look for ways to improve or
enhance the organization, product or service(s).
Mr. Malik is currently the Lead Infrastructure Security Engineering Program
Manager for a multi-million-dollar, multi-year effort to improve the security
of High Security Environments. It consists of private cloud computing,
network and storage hardware, and associated software that must provide
enhanced security against unauthorized disclosure to protect, detect and
respond to threats against Microsoft IT Assets and responsible for designing
security for high security solutions for Administrators at Microsoft as well as
customers. Solutions are used by 40k+ users across the company for livesite, mission critical service management.
Key Accomplishments:
• Business Consulting
Mr. Malik has led multiple engagements including architected the enterprisewide transformation that deliver security services both internally within
Microsoft's IT structure, and externally to large enterprise customers. These
projects secure Microsoft's informational assets and add strategic value to
Microsoft's customers and similar projects for external customers.
• Enterprise Architecture
Mr. Malik is overall security architecture for Internal services used by
Administrators of the company for secure access to all critical “dial-tone”
services. Mr. Malik is engaged in designing and development of key features
and services used within the solutions, including telemetry first, high
availability and multi-zone failover solutions for 99.99%+ availabilities by
utilizing modern development and infrastructure techniques, while staying
isolated and secure, these included zero touch, fully automated deployment
practices utilizing PowerShell DSC, WDS, and other automation(s).
• Credentials
Mr. Malik is a frequent presenter at Internal EBC’s, symposiums and
conferences.