The Microsoft Security Team presents a comprehensive guide to the security sessions at Microsoft Ignite 2025, covering AI-augmented security platforms, hands-on experiences, and the latest advancements in protecting data, cloud infrastructure, and agentic AI.

Securing Agentic AI and Data: Microsoft Ignite 2025 Security Sessions Preview

Microsoft Ignite 2025 puts security front and center, offering a wide range of sessions and immersive experiences aimed at helping security professionals and leaders defend organizations across cloud, data, devices, applications, and AI platforms.

Why Attend Microsoft Ignite 2025 for Security?

  • Hear from Leaders & Experts: Join presentations by industry leaders and Microsoft executives on modern security strategies and outcomes powered by AI.
  • Explore Solutions: Dive deep into innovative security tools and services, including AI-integrated platforms, via hands-on labs and solution showcases.
  • Grow Skills and Credentials: Opportunity to participate in certification exams and gain practical experience with Microsoft security products.
  • Connect & Collaborate: Network with peers, engineers, and Most-Valued Partners (MVPs) at curated events and forums.

Security-Focused Themes and Session Highlights

1. Modernize Your Security Operations

  • Unified, AI-Powered Security Platform: Learn how Microsoft Sentinel, Defender, and Entra integrate security at every layer, from identities to cloud infrastructure to agentic AI.
  • SOC Evolution: Sessions on automating threat response, predictive SOC strategies, agentic workflows, and implementing Zero Trust.
  • Hands-On Labs: Practical labs using Microsoft Defender XDR, configuring secure architectures, and integrating Microsoft Purview with Defender.

2. Protect Your Cloud and AI

  • Cloud and AI Security: Strategies for end-to-end protection of cloud-native and AI workloads with Defender for Cloud, proactive posture management, and incident response automation.
  • Securing Agentic AI: Design approaches and governance for protecting AI systems and agents, aligned with the Microsoft Secure Future Initiative.
  • Azure Security Posture: Guidance on securing Microsoft Azure, aligning innovation with compliance standards using Microsoft Purview, and managing access with Entra ID Governance.
  • Labs: Real-world exercises in cloud and AI threat mitigation, maximizing Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM), and securing AI applications.

3. Secure Your Data

  • Data Protection: Techniques for protecting sensitive data with Microsoft Purview and implementing classification, labeling, and Data Loss Prevention (DLP).
  • AI-Powered Data Security: Leveraging AI-powered investigations, insider risk management, and securing Copilot adoption against data exfiltration risks.
  • Compliance & Posture Management: Achieve unified compliance and security readiness using Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager and Data Security Posture Management.
  • Hands-On Skills: Labs on creating and managing data protection policies across Microsoft 365, Azure, and Fabric.

Special Experiences

  • Keynote & Security Forum: Insights from Microsoft executives, including deep dives into the future of cybersecurity in AI-driven environments.
  • Community Events: Dinners, signature parties (including Secure the Night), and MISA (Microsoft Intelligent Security Association) member meetups foster professional networking.

Registration and Resources

Key Technologies Covered

  • **Microsoft Sentinel Microsoft Defender Microsoft Entra Microsoft Purview Security Copilot Zero Trust Agentic AI**

Takeaways

This event is a comprehensive platform to build security skills, keep pace with innovation in AI-powered security, and connect with the global security community.

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