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October 22, 2025

Embedded HSMs in the Cloud? Yes, Microsoft Just Went There

TL;DR: Microsoft is moving from centralised HSM clusters to embedded hardware modules built straight into the host silicon. Lower latency, higher throughput, and a new level of “I actually own my keys” confidence. It’s a big shift — for engineers, not marketers. 1. Hook You thought your keys were safe in the cloud? Think again….

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October 15, 2025October 15, 2025

Killing Passwords (Without Killing Productivity): A Practical Guide to Phishing-Resistant Authentication

Passwords are the flip phones of cybersecurity — nostalgic, yes, but utterly obsolete.In a Zero Trust world, passwords are no longer your friend; they’re your weakest link. Microsoft’s password scrambline initiative is not just another shiny idea. It’s a deliberate move towards a world where passwords simply don’t exist.Combine that with enforcing passwordless authentication for…

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October 15, 2025

Azure Update 499923: Retirement Is Coming — Are You Ready?

Microsoft just dropped Azure Update 499923 into its “Retirements / Roadmap” category. Under product categories Networking, Security. Translation: some Azure networking/security feature or capability is being sunsetted (or marked for retirement). It’s going on your “watch list.” 🔍 What We Know (From Public Data) It’s been added to Microsoft’s roadmap as of October 3, 2025….

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October 8, 2025October 7, 2025

🛡️ Secure Medallion Architecture on Azure Databricks Or How to Stop Treating Your Lakehouse Like a Flat Share

Everyone talks about data security. Few actually practice it.Enter the Secure Medallion Architecture — Microsoft’s idea of not letting your Bronze data drunkenly stumble into your Gold tables at 2 AM. Built on Azure Databricks + Unity Catalog + Managed Identities, this design isn’t about shiny diagrams.It’s about not waking up one morning to find…

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October 2, 2025September 29, 2025

Why Most Cloud Pros Still Connect to Azure VMs the Wrong Way

After reviewing more Azure setups this quarter than I care to admit, I keep spotting the same tired anti-pattern: organizations still exposing VMs with public IP addresses just to RDP in. Let’s be blunt: it’s lazy, it’s risky, and in 2025, it’s downright embarrassing. The Old RDP Model — A Security Horror Show Traditional RDP…

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September 29, 2025

Are Your Cloud Configurations Putting You at Risk? (Spoiler: Probably)

Misconfigurations are the silent killers of cloud security. You can spend millions on shiny security tools, but one sloppy checkbox or default setting can hand attackers the keys to your kingdom. That’s why this webinar agenda hits hard: we’re diving into the most dangerous Azure cloud misconfigurations that keep CISOs awake at night — and…

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September 23, 2025September 18, 2025

🔥 Zero Trust Architecture: No More Free Passes 🔥

Hey guys, let’s talk about Zero Trust, isn’t a product you buy, it’s a mindset you adopt. The idea: never trust, always verify. Every identity, device, app, and network packet is guilty until proven innocent. Microsoft has gone all-in, embedding Zero Trust principles into Entra, Intune, Defender, Sentinel, Purview, and the rest of the ever-growing…

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September 18, 2025

WireGuard in AKS: Microsoft Finally Gets Serious About In-Transit Encryption

Alright folks, let’s cut through the PR fluff. Microsoft just dropped WireGuard in-transit encryption for AKS (yep, still Public Preview), and it’s actually worth paying attention to. What’s the Deal? AKS now supports WireGuard-based encryption between pods that live on different nodes. This is baked into Azure CNI with Cilium, so you don’t need to…

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August 19, 2025

Microsoft Security Exposure Management: Ninja Training — No Magic, Just Painful Truths

Hi for All of you IT geeks and Security Gents! If you thought this was another shiny Microsoft hype circus — spoiler: it’s not.MSEM Ninja Training won’t turn you into some Hollywood hacker-Ninja in a hoodie. What it will do is drag you through the joyless swamp of Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) until you…

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August 4, 2025August 2, 2025

Azure Firewall Selective Logging: Finally Logging Smart, Not Everything

Hi. Actually i dont know if my blog interested at all to any one, but any way 🙂  if your SIEM is drowning in firewall logs—allowed traffic, denied traffic, heartbeats, DNS pings, internal chatter—you’re paying big just to listen to crickets. that’s old school. Microsoft just flipped the switch with selective logging, and now your…

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