We’re thrilled to be hosting an exclusive breakfast briefing on "Securing Microsoft Azure - Learnings from Microsoft and NCC Group" featuring three distinguished experts: Siân John, Lesley Kipling, and Nigel Gibbons.
The event is set to take place on Tuesday 28th November, 2023 from 8.30am at The Cavendish Hotel in London.
Connect with industry leaders
Don't miss this opportunity to connect with industry leaders, network with peers, and enhance your understanding of Azure security. A delicious breakfast will be served, making it a productive and enjoyable morning.
Secure your Azure environment effectively
Our expert speakers will host three distinct sessions on Azure security insights, and we’ll have a chance to engage in a conversation throughout proceedings as a peer group to exchange solutions or ideas to the challenges we may be experiencing. View our full agenda below and distinguished speaker profiles.
Please register your interest to secure your spot
Our event organiser, Javier Callejas, will send you a confirmation email and calendar invite.
Event space is limited, so act quickly to guarantee your attendance.
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Agenda:
8.30 – Registration and networking continental breakfast
8.50 – Introduction – Clients and Microsoft – making the best use of the tooling that Microsoft provides, Siân John MBE
9.10 – Misconfiguration – Common Themes that Microsoft see when investigating breaches, Lesley Kipling
9.35 – Configuring at speed – how NCC Group securely deployed Azure and M365 into a major UK Govt. programme, Nigel Gibbons
10.00 – Q&A and Wrap up
10.30 – Close
Our speakers
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Siân John MBE, CTO
NCC Group’s recently appointed Chief Technology Officer and former Director of Security Business Development and Strategic Growth for Microsoft. Siân has over 25 years of experience in cyber security, having worked in strategy, business risk, privacy, and technology.
She is a member of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Council, chairs the Cybersecurity Management Committee for TechUK. She is a member of the advisory boards for UKRI Challenge Fund Digital Security by Design and LORCA, the UK government startup accelerator. In 2018 she was appointed MBE for services to Cybersecurity.
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Lesley Kipling
Incident response lead and forensic investigator working for Microsoft’s Enterprise Cyber Security Group. An ex-geologist, Lesley moved into the IT industry 20 years ago and joined Microsoft 17 years ago. The last 14 years have been spent working with customers across all industry verticals during major security incidents and replicating that experience into training customers on how to protect themselves from these threats proactively.
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Nigel Gibbons
NCC Group’s Director & Senior Advisor of Global Cloud Security Services. Nigel has been with us for the last six years as a consultant and has written several articles within the cyber security community, which makes him a valuable expert in this domain.