For security professionals and teams, AI offers a significant advantage, empowering organizations of all sizes and industries to tip the scales in favor of defenders. It also introduces new uncertainties and risks that require organizations to create a culture of security to stay protected. Now, more than ever, is the time to put security first. But how?
Join us at Microsoft Ignite 2024 from Monday, November 18, 2024, through Friday, November 22, 2024, in Chicago, Illinois, to find out how to secure and govern AI and create a security-first culture with end-to-end security. Listen and learn from Microsoft security leaders and network with fellow security professionals, partners, and tech enthusiasts. Security professionals of all levels can join interactive labs, workshops, keynotes, technical breakout sessions, demos, and more, led by Microsoft security leaders and experts. It’s our opportunity to share and showcase our latest security product innovations with you, and then dive into the technical details together—so the information you learn at Microsoft Ignite can have an immediate benefit to your digital environments and your customers. Register now to join us! General passes are sold out. But for a limited time, security professionals can use RSVP code ATTNLIYL to purchase a pass while supplies last.
Microsoft Ignite 2024
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Microsoft Security at Microsoft Ignite: An expanded experience
We’re excited to welcome back security leaders and other security professionals to Microsoft Ignite. At Microsoft Ignite, our content is designed to help security professionals secure their environments, use all their Microsoft products and resources safely and securely, and make sure the processes in their organizations prioritize security first. Last year, when customers asked for more security content, we delivered—and we received great feedback. So this year we’re planning even more, with a focus on our continuing commitment to securing our technology and our customers.
Starting a day before the conference, Monday, November 18, 2024, we are hosting the new Microsoft Ignite Security Forum. This exclusive pre-day event is designed for security leaders who are primarily accountable for securing their organizations. The Microsoft Ignite Security Forum is for businesses of all sizes to hear from Microsoft security experts on threat intelligence insights, learnings, and trends in security. It’s also a good opportunity for customers to take a “peek behind the curtain” with in-depth discussions about cybersecurity and information about our Secure Future Initiative (SFI). Attend the Microsoft Ignite Security Forum to discover how you can advance cybersecurity protection and stay ahead of today’s aggressive cyberthreats. Register for Microsoft Ignite today and add on the Microsoft Ignite Security Forum.
From Tuesday, November 19, 2024, through Friday, November 22, 2024, at Microsoft Ignite 2024, Microsoft Security is excited to share how we bring together every part of the company to drive security innovation: our large-scale data and threat intelligence, complete end-to-end protection, responsible AI, and tools to secure and govern the use of AI in your organizations.
Here’s what you can expect:
- Find out how to maximize complete end-to-end security to secure and govern AI.
- Learn how our global-scale threat intelligence informs the products you use daily.
- Engage with Microsoft security product innovators and thought leaders.
- See products in action during sessions, demos, interactive labs, and workshops.
- Network with fellow security leaders, partners, and technical enthusiasts.
See an overview of the week below to plan your travel.
| Date | Topic | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Monday, November 18, 2024 | Microsoft Ignite Security Forum | Join us one day early at Microsoft Ignite for a security-only program, designed for decision makers from businesses of all sizes. Learn how AI, threat intelligence, and insights from our Secure Future Initiative can advance your security strategy. Be sure to sign up for this experience in registration. |
| Monday, November 18, 2024 | Pre-day Labs Sessions | Sign up during registration for one of these two technical pre-day sessions: 1. Secure your data estate for a Copilot for M365 deployment: In this lecture-based workshop, Microsoft experts will walk you through a best practice, staged approach to securing your data estate ready for Copilot and other AI tools. 2. AI Red Teaming in Practice: This pre-day hands-on workshop, led by Microsoft AI Red Team experts, is equipped to probe any machine learning system for vulnerabilities, including prompt injection attacks. |
| Tuesday, November 19, 2024 | Keynote | Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella said in May 2024 that security is job number one.1 Don’t miss the live keynote for the latest security innovations impacting Microsoft. |
| Tuesday, November 19, 2024 | Security General Session | Microsoft Security’s top engineering and business leaders will share an overview of how our most exciting innovations help you put security first and best position your organization in the age of AI. |
| Tuesday, November 19, 2024 | Security Programming | Dive deeper into topics that interest you. Choose from more than 30 breakout sessions, demos, and discussions covering end-to-end protection, tools to secure and govern AI, responsible AI, and threat intelligence. |
| Wednesday, November 20, 2024 | Security Programming | Dive deeper into topics that interest you. Choose from more than 30 breakout sessions, demos, and discussions covering end-to-end protection, tools to secure and govern AI, responsible AI, and threat intelligence. |
| Wednesday, November 20, 2024 | Secure the Night Party | Security is often a thankless job. If no one else celebrates you, Microsoft Security will! Join us for a special party for the cybersecurity community. |
| Thursday, November 21, 2024 | Security Programming | Dive deeper into topics that interest you. Choose from more than 30 breakout sessions, demos, and discussions covering end-to-end protection, tools to secure and govern AI, responsible AI, and threat intelligence. |
| Thursday, November 21, 2024 | Closing Microsoft Ignite Celebration | Close out Microsoft Ignite with the other 10,000 attendees across job functions, industries, and the world. |
Who is the security experience for?
At Microsoft Ignite, we cater to a diverse audience of security decision makers, security practitioners, developers, and IT professionals, ensuring that each group finds valuable, tailored content to meet their specific needs. Whether you’re a leader looking for strategic insights or a hands-on developer seeking technical guidance, our sessions, demos, interactive labs, and workshops are designed to equip you with the knowledge and tools necessary for securing your environment.
Here’s what we have for you:
- Security decision makers can expect both strategic and actionable technical information at Microsoft Ignite for your leadership and your team. We’ll have content to help you build strategies to secure your environment. We’ll also help you articulate and demonstrate security needs to your senior leadership or board members. And then, we’ll support you with the tactical information you need to execute those plans.
- For privacy, identity, compliance, security operations center (SOC) analysts, and more, Microsoft Ignite will have sessions dedicated to upskilling, certifications, and deeper understanding of Microsoft technologies and solutions—so your knowledge and opportunities both deepen and grow. Looking to boost your skills? Sign up for in-depth security training and hands-on labs offered at the Microsoft Ignite Pre-day on November 18, 2024, that will help improve your organization’s security posture, strengthen team expertise, and outpace bad actors.
- For developers, we’re building specific technical content on how to use your Microsoft security solutions for complete end-to-end-protection, an essential for AI readiness. Need security 101 learning? The hands-on labs offered at Microsoft Ignite Pre-day on November 18, 2024, are for you too. We’ll also share how to create and operate AI applications safely and securely—at scale—with tools to secure and govern your use of AI.
- For partners, the previously separate Microsoft Inspire event is now an integrated part of Microsoft Ignite this year, bringing our entire community closer together, and helping partners understand how they can leverage Microsoft technologies and bring solutions to life for so many of our customers.
For the entire community, we have several celebrations planned to help maximize your opportunities to network and socialize, including our Secure the Night party, the event-wide Microsoft Ignite celebration, and more. We’re expecting a record 10,000 attendees in Chicago at this year’s event, so there’s never been a better time to join us.
Register now for Microsoft Ignite 2024
You won’t want to miss the opportunity to connect with Microsoft security experts and your fellow security professionals at both Microsoft Ignite and the Microsoft Ignite Security Forum. Register now—and don’t forget to add on the Microsoft Security Ignite Forum and one of the pre-day labs sessions. Space is limited.
Can’t make it in person? You can join our virtual presentations from anywhere in the world! Participate and learn with the global community of technical and security professionals online, November 19 to 21, 2024.
To learn more about Microsoft Security solutions, visit our website. Bookmark the Security blog to keep up with our expert coverage on security matters. Also, follow us on LinkedIn (Microsoft Security) and X (@MSFTSecurity) for the latest news and updates on cybersecurity.
1Prioritizing security above all else, Microsoft Official Blog. May 3, 2024.