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Drew Nicholas

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Drew Nicholas

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Director Global Black Belt Microsoft

Drew Nicholas is a Principal Solution Engineer at Microsoft, focused on securing AI and cloud environments. With more than 10 years at Microsoft, he partners with enterprises to harden cloud-native architectures, modernize SOC operations, and implement guardrails around generative AI, drawing on his leadership of the Multi-Cloud Security Global Black Belt team and his prior service on the Detection and Response Team (DaRT). He has driven Defender for Cloud adoption, led field training programs, and regularly speaks at Ignite and Security Days, publishing guidance on exposure management and container security.

Bio from: Microsoft Ignite 2025

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Attendees will learn to enable Defender for Cloud, navigate its dashboard, and interpret regulatory compliance and workload protection insights. The labs also cover secure score analysis, security recommendations, inventory management, pricing models, and governance rule assignment. By the end of the series, participants will be equipped to proactively identify and mitigate threats, strengthen cloud security posture, and align with organizational governance standards.

Please RSVP and arrive at least 5 minutes before the start time, at which point remaining spaces are open to standby attendees.

Attendees will learn to enable Defender for Cloud, navigate its dashboard, and interpret regulatory compliance and workload protection insights. The labs also cover secure score analysis, security recommendations, inventory management, pricing models, and governance rule assignment. By the end of the series, participants will be equipped to proactively identify and mitigate threats, strengthen cloud security posture, and align with organizational governance standards.

Please RSVP and arrive at least 5 minutes before the start time, at which point remaining spaces are open to standby attendees.