James Brotsos is a Principal Product Manager at Microsoft, leading innovation in Defender for Cloud DevOps Security. With over 15 years of experience as a developer and more than a decade in application security, James has helped organizations worldwide embrace and scale modern security practices. He specializes in orchestrating security scanners, building seamless integrations across CI/CD platforms, and driving the next generation of “code-to-runtime” security solutions.

A frequent speaker at global conferences including OWASP and industry meetups, James is passionate about advancing developer-first security. His work bridges the gap between development and security teams by connecting vulnerabilities in source code to risks in cloud environments, enabling faster, more effective remediation.

Based in San Francisco, James also shares his expertise through thought leadership on cloud-native security, DevSecOps, and emerging AI-driven approaches to securing the software supply chain.