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Building Custom Sentinel Connectors with CCF Push
Getting custom data into Microsoft Sentinel has traditionally required a lot of moving parts. You need a Data Collection Endpoint, a Data Collection Rule, an Entra app registration with a client secret, RBAC role assignments, a custom table …
AKS Runtime Security: Binary Drift, Anti-Malware & Gated Deployment with Defender for Cloud
In December, I published a post on securing the container supply chain — SBOM generation, image signing, and build provenance with GitHub Actions. That covered build-time security: making sure the image you ship is the image you built. But what …
Detecting OAuth Redirect Abuse with Microsoft Sentinel and Entra ID
On March 2, 2026, Microsoft published an advisory on OAuth redirection abuse enabling phishing and malware delivery. Microsoft described phishing-led campaigns where attackers register OAuth apps with attacker-controlled redirect URIs, then send …
The February 2026 Microsoft Sentinel Drop: UEBA Essentials, Copilot Connector, and 9 New GA Connectors
February 2026 brought one of the more substantial Sentinel drops in recent memory. UEBA Essentials hit v3.0.6 with a refined workbook and more than 30 hunting queries (including multi-cloud detections shipped in earlier releases), the M365 Copilot …
March–June 2026 Entra ID Changes: Passkey Profiles and Conditional Access Enforcement
Microsoft made passkey profiles and synced passkeys generally available in March 2026, then adjusted a separate Conditional Access enforcement rollout to begin June 15, 2026. Both changes entered tenants through Microsoft-managed schedules, although …
Just-In-Time Access for AI Agents: Building a ZSP Gateway in Azure
AI coding assistants need Contributor access to deploy infrastructure. Backup automation needs Key Vault secrets at 2 AM. Security scanners need Reader access on a schedule. The easy answer is standing permissions—give each service principal what it …
Building an LLM Prompt Injection Firewall with AWS Lambda
AWS continues to enhance its generative AI security capabilities, with improved prompt attack filtering now available in Amazon Bedrock Guardrails. Despite these advances, a significant gap remains: organizations are deploying LLM capabilities faster …
Sentinel MCP Server: Securing Your SOC's New AI Attack Surface
In September 2025, Microsoft announced the Sentinel MCP Server, a Model Context Protocol implementation that lets MCP-compatible AI assistants query your Sentinel data using natural language. Microsoft highlights GitHub Copilot, Copilot Studio, and …
Secure Your Container Supply Chain: SBOM, Signing & Attestation with GitHub Actions
Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been diving deep into container supply chain security. Between high-profile incidents like SolarWinds, Log4Shell, and the xz Utils backdoor, it’s clear that securing the build pipeline is just as critical as …
Terraform 1.11 Write-Only Arguments: Keep Supported Secrets Out of State
If you’ve worked with Terraform and secrets, you’ve probably wondered: “Wait, is my password actually in that state file?” The answer has historically been: yes. The sensitive = true flag does a great job hiding values from CLI output, but the state …