Microsoft Security Insights Show Episode 218 - Michael Melone

Join us this episode as we talk with Michael Melone, Cyber Threat Hunter at Microsoft. Michael Melone is a cybersecurity professional with over 20 years of experience, specializing in determined human adversary incident response, security operations, and KQL. As a principal security researcher for Microsoft's Defender Experts for XDR, Michael works as part of a team of analysts overseeing security operations for its customers and drives product design for the software used in its delivery. Prior to this role, he spent over 7 years investigating targeted attack incidents at customers across the globe as well as 3 years helping large enterprise customers onboard and operationalize the Microsoft 365 Defender XDR suite. Michael holds an executive MBA from USF, a Master of Science in IT Management specializing information assurance and security from Capella University, as well as being a long-time holder of the CISSP certification and a variety of other IT industry certifications. Michael is also the author of the books Designing Secure Systems and Think like a Hacker.Show Notes/Links* Michael Melone's LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mjmelone/* Michael’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm4mtCNoTEVSPoxUhO4ssbg * Michael's blog: https://melone.co/ Watch the live replay This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.microsoftsecurityinsights.com