Technologies

    For each platform: how I use it, the controls that matter, and the mistakes that show up in nearly every assessment. Guidance from experience — not vendor positioning.

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    Microsoft Azure

    Azure landing zone design, Cloud Adoption Framework alignment, policy rollout sequencing and management group governance.

    Google Cloud

    Google Cloud IAM hardening: organization policy design, workload identity federation, VPC Service Controls perimeters and agent identity.

    Alibaba Cloud

    Alibaba Cloud security review: RAM permission audit, AccessKey lifecycle, Security Center configuration and cross-border data flow compliance.

    Microsoft Sentinel

    Using Microsoft Sentinel for detection engineering: data source selection, analytics rules, ATT&CK coverage, the data lake tier and automation.

    Microsoft Defender for Cloud

    Defender for Cloud for Azure-native CSPM, multicloud extension, container posture and AI workload security posture management.

    Microsoft Entra ID

    Entra ID hardening: Conditional Access design, PIM, phishing-resistant authentication, app registration governance and agent identity.

    BloodHound

    BloodHound for mapping privilege escalation paths across Active Directory, Entra ID and — via OpenGraph — cloud, SaaS and agentic identities.

    Wiz.io

    Wiz for agentless multi-cloud posture management, attack-path graphs and toxic-combination prioritisation, now under Google Cloud.

    Microsoft 365

    Microsoft 365 hardening: SharePoint oversharing, guest access, Purview DLP and DSPM, and data governance ahead of Copilot and agent rollout.

    Google Workspace

    Google Workspace hardening: Context-Aware Access, OAuth app governance, Drive sharing defaults and admin console audit configuration.

    Terraform

    Terraform IaC review: module security, policy-as-code gating, state file protection, dynamic credentials and supply-chain hygiene.

    Azure AI Foundry

    Securing managed AI platforms: network isolation, agent identity, runtime guardrails, key handling, content filtering, logging and tenant data boundaries.

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