AI in Security Operations: Hype, Help, and Hazards

Wednesday, July 30, 2025 · 12:30 PM ET

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About this session

How is AI being used to help Security Operations teams? What works and where does AI still fall short? Join us for a grounded, practical look at how AI is changing security operations without replacing the people behind them. This talk focuses on the Microsoft platform as many universities have E5 licensing which includes the Microsoft security suite.

Speaker

Micah Heaton

Executive Director of the Microsoft Security Center of Excellence at BlueVoyant, leading the development of AI-enhanced Microsoft-first security architectures spanning Defender, Sentinel, Intune, and Security Copilot. Named the global Security Changemaker by the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association (MISA) in 2025 — the only individual recipient that year — for his work on inclusive, resilience-driven security programs. Co-author of Microsoft Cloud Security for Dummies and frequent speaker on Microsoft and industry security platforms.

Topics

  • AI
  • SecOps
  • Microsoft Security

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