Azure at Microsoft Ignite 2025: All the intelligent cloud news explained

By Dustin Ward

Before joining Microsoft, I spent years helping organizations build and transform. I’ve seen how technology decisions can shape a business’s future. Whether it’s integrating platforms or ensuring your technology strategy stands the test of time, these choices define how a business operates, innovates, and stays ahead of the competition. Today, business leaders everywhere are asking:…

Enhancing software supply chain security with Microsoft’s Signing Transparency

By Dustin Ward

Today, Microsoft is announcing the preview of Signing Transparency to address software supply chain threats that traditional code signing alone cannot fully prevent, building on the Zero Trust principle of “never trust, always verify.” Signing Transparency uses an append-only log to verifiably record each signature, with keys protected in a secure confidential computing enclave. This…

Leverage Microsoft Azure tools to navigate NIS2 compliance 

By Dustin Ward

Robust cybersecurity measures are vital for organizations to address evolving cyberthreats and navigate regulatory requirements and their impact on compliance strategies. Cybersecurity directives like the Network and Information Security Directive 2 (NIS2) in the European Union provide a baseline of security measures to mitigate risks of cyberthreats and overall level of cybersecurity. As of October…