Michael Noel - Upcoming Speaking Engagements

Michael Noel

Partner

United States of America

Upcoming Speaking Engagements

Michael Noel is an internationally recognized technology/cybersecurity expert and bestselling author who has spoken on a broad range of IT topics at over 300 events in over 90 countries around the world. He has authored over twenty major industry books including the bestselling SharePoint Unleashed series. Currently a partner at Convergent Computing (www.cco.com) in the San Francisco Bay Area, Michael's writings and extensive public speaking experience leverage his real-world expertise helping clients realize value from both on-premises and cloud technologies.

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Meet Michael next at

Thrive Conference 2025

02/06/2025

Defending Against AI-Driven Cyber Attacks: Real-World Use Cases and Solutions

Thrive Conference 2025

ai

sentinel

defender

cybersecurity

02/06/2025

Kompas Xnet

Ljubljana, Slovenia

Build Your Own ChatGPT in Azure

Thrive Conference 2025

ai

openai

chatgpt

azure-openai

azure-ai-search

02/06/2025

Kompas Xnet

Ljubljana, Slovenia

Michael can deliver sessions in

English

Russian

Relevant industries

Communications / Electronics

Internet

Connect with Michael

Thrive Conference 2025

Thrive Conference 2025

02/06/2025, Kompas Xnet
Ljubljana, Slovenia

Defending Against AI-Driven Cyber Attacks: Real-World Use Cases and Solutions

ai

sentinel

defender

cybersecurity

With the increasing adoption of artificial intelligence by cybercriminals, the threat landscape is evolving faster than ever. From AI-powered phishing campaigns to sophisticated machine learning models that can evade traditional detection methods, these emerging threats present new challenges for defenders. Organizations need to rethink their strategies and implement advanced defenses to keep up with AI-driven cyber attacks. This session delves into real-world use cases where AI has played a significant role in enabling cyber attacks and how Microsoft’s security solutions can be used to counter these threats. We will explore specific incidents, examine attacker techniques, and demonstrate how Microsoft technologies such as Azure Sentinel, Microsoft Defender for Identity, and Microsoft 365 Defender can be leveraged to detect, investigate, and respond to AI-enhanced attacks. • Understand AI-enhanced attack vectors: Learn how attackers use AI to improve the speed, accuracy, and impact of attacks, including AI-generated phishing emails, automated social engineering, and adaptive malware. • Examine Real-world case studies: Analyze high-profile incidents where AI was a key enabler of the attack, including how the threats were detected, investigated, and remediated using Microsoft technologies. • Explore Microsoft solutions for defending against AI-driven threats: Discover how Azure Sentinel, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint can be used together to provide an integrated defense strategy. • Leverage AI and automation for proactive defense: Understand how to use AI within Microsoft’s security tools to predict, prevent, and respond to cyber threats before they cause damage.

Thrive Conference 2025

Thrive Conference 2025

02/06/2025, Kompas Xnet
Ljubljana, Slovenia

Build Your Own ChatGPT in Azure

ai

openai

chatgpt

azure-openai

azure-ai-search

Large Language Models (LLMs) like OpenAI’s ChatGPT have emerged as a disruptive force for organizations all over the world. The ability to search through disparate content using natural language queries and to be able to intelligently pull together useful information that would ordinarily be siloed is incredibly useful to modern organizations. Those same organizations are naturally reluctant to upload their own proprietary information into public LLMs and are often limited to using these tools against public datasets. As part of Microsoft’s partnership with OpenAI, several new offerings have been introduced to Microsoft’s Azure cloud services that allow organizations to use a ChatGPT engine to query their own proprietary content and to create valuable chat engines that employees can use to quickly and efficiently query and reference internal knowledge. These tools are powerful and easy to configure and can be used immediately by organizations of any size, not requiring any special licensing above and beyond minimal costs for the running Azure infrastructure. This session demonstrates the step-by-step process of deploying a ChatGPT chat engine in Azure, focusing on all steps needed to build the environment from scratch, including loading content, creating the search indexes, and provisioning the web application to run the engine on. • View in detail the steps necessary to build your own ChatGPT environment that queries off your own data in your own isolated Azure instance • Understand how to maintain data within the environment and how to upload and update the indexes and documents in the platform • Understand the security ramifications of using LLMs and how to properly isolate your environment