Microsoft Cyber Genius

This opening session sets the scene for the day. Hear leadership perspectives on today's security landscape and learn from a real customer experience of navigating a major cyber incident, including how leadership, communication, and collaboration shaped the response. You will also discover the Cyber Genius learning journey and how to select the scenario that best matches your experience and development goals.

When a cyber incident unfolds, security teams need to understand the signals, make decisions quickly, and coordinate an effective response. This session is designed for early-career security professionals and those newer to Microsoft security tools. Through a realistic, end-to-end incident, Microsoft Security experts demonstrate how modern security operations teams investigate and respond to cyberthreats using Microsoft Defender XDR, building the practical understanding and confidence needed to continue with the associated Microsoft Applied Skills challenge.

AI-powered workplaces create new opportunities, but they also raise new questions about data access, oversharing, information protection, and governance. This intermediate-level session is built for security professionals, SOC analysts, compliance engineers, and teams responsible for securing AI and Microsoft 365 environments. Through a realistic scenario you will explore how Microsoft Purview helps organizations discover, classify, and protect sensitive information, and prepare to continue with a hands-on Microsoft Applied Skills challenge focused on information protection and data loss prevention.