In this 'Meet the Gurus' discussion, you get to hear from Daniel Stinchcomb about securing Azure cloud environments and avoiding the most common vulnerabilities that lead to breaches...

• His path from IT helpdesk to database administrator to Azure infrastructure architect
• How AWS and Azure really compare on usability, maturity, and tooling
• Why internet-exposed storage accounts are a leading breach risk
• Segmenting virtual networks so one compromised machine can't reach everything
• What multi-factor authentication actually solves, and the trade-offs of IP-based bypass
• Why encrypting OS and data disks at rest is a baseline, not an option
• Configuring logging, alerts, and monitoring to stay proactive rather than reactive
• Locking down guest users and where beginners should start with cloud certifications

ABOUT OUR GURU

Daniel Stinchcomb is an infrastructure architect whose career progressed from IT helpdesk through systems administration, engineering, and database administration before specializing in cloud. His database background gave him a deep focus on data security and compliance, including work across finance and banking environments handling sensitive financial data and PII. He works primarily within the Microsoft ecosystem SQL Server, Windows Server, and Azureand is also experienced with AWS while expanding into Google Cloud.

ABOUT OUR HOST

Paul Siegel is an entrepreneur and educator working to help technology professionals transform into world-class experts and business leaders become tech-savvy innovators. Paul is an inventor and patent (pending) holder in talent management software and has co-authored or edited more than 30 books.

ABOUT MEET THE GURUS

Meet The Gurus is a program sponsored by Starweaver devoted to spreading ideas, knowledge, and insights in short-form conversations typically lasting around 30 minutes.

The show focuses on technology, business, entertainment, entrepreneurship, and design.

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