Cloud Security Podcast
Cloud Incident Response in Microsoft Azure

In this episode, we dive deep into Azure security, incident response, and the evolving cloud threat landscape with Katie Knowles, Security Researcher and former Azure Incident Responder. We spoke about common Azure incident response scenarios you need to prepare for, how identity and privilege escalation work in Azure, how Active Directory and Entra ID expose new risks and what security teams need to know about Azure networking and logging.
Guest Socials: Katie's Linkedin
Podcast Twitter - @CloudSecPod
If you want to watch videos of this LIVE STREAMED episode and past episodes - Check out our other Cloud Security Social Channels:
- Cloud Security BootCamp
If you are interested in AI Cybersecurity, you can check out our sister podcast - AI Cybersecurity Podcast
Questions asked:
(00:00) Introduction
(02:27) A bit about Katie
(03:17) Domain Admin in Azure
(07:03) Common causes of incidents in Azure
(08:53) Identities in Azure
(11:44) Third Party Identities in Azure
(17:34) Azure Networking and Incident Response
(22:35) Common Incidents in Azure
(26:53) AI specific incidents in Azure
(28:45) Privilege escalation in Azure
(39:37) Where to start with Azure Research?
(48:20) The Fun Questions
- Broadcast on:
- 20 Feb 2025
In this episode, we dive deep into Azure security, incident response, and the evolving cloud threat landscape with Katie Knowles, Security Researcher and former Azure Incident Responder. We spoke about common Azure incident response scenarios you need to prepare for, how identity and privilege escalation work in Azure, how Active Directory and Entra ID expose new risks and what security teams need to know about Azure networking and logging.
Guest Socials: Katie's Linkedin
Podcast Twitter - @CloudSecPod
If you want to watch videos of this LIVE STREAMED episode and past episodes - Check out our other Cloud Security Social Channels:
- Cloud Security BootCamp
If you are interested in AI Cybersecurity, you can check out our sister podcast - AI Cybersecurity Podcast
Questions asked:
(00:00) Introduction
(02:27) A bit about Katie
(03:17) Domain Admin in Azure
(07:03) Common causes of incidents in Azure
(08:53) Identities in Azure
(11:44) Third Party Identities in Azure
(17:34) Azure Networking and Incident Response
(22:35) Common Incidents in Azure
(26:53) AI specific incidents in Azure
(28:45) Privilege escalation in Azure
(39:37) Where to start with Azure Research?
(48:20) The Fun Questions