Showcasing new security innovations to help IT and cyber professionals protect, detect, and respond to new threats in the fast-changing environment. Learn how to safely adopt AI and how to use AI to enhance your cyber defenses.
JC
Joy Chik
President, Identity & Network Access
Joy Chik leads Microsoft’s multi-billion-dollar Identity and Network Access security business. Her organization builds solutions to secure access to everything for everyone, which includes Identity Access Management Solutions (Microsoft Entra, formerly Azure AD), Microsoft Consumer Experience (Microsoft Account), and end user Network Access Services for the Microsoft Cloud. These services provide over 100B authentications every day around the world. Joy’s team is pioneering the digital Trust Fabric to secure access for every customer, partner, and employee—and for every microservice, sensor, network, device, and database. This includes championing digital verification technologies, known as Entra Verified ID, that protect individual privacy while securing information for businesses and consumers. Joy graduated summa cum laude from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science. In 1998 she joined Microsoft as a software engineer and has held multiple engineering and leadership roles across Microsoft. Joy is active in charities and has deep passion for supporting and helping women and girls pursuing technology careers.
VJ
Vasu Jakkal
CVP Security Business
Vasu Jakkal is a passionate champion of building a better, safer, and more resilient world for all. She brings nearly 20 years of technology industry experience to Microsoft, where she is responsible for Microsoft’s Security business which includes Security, Compliance, Identity, Management and Privacy including crafting the strategy, partnering to shape product roadmaps and defining the go-to-market motions that help customers simplify and fortify their security posture. Jakkal is a dedicated advocate for diversity, and for expanding the opportunities for women in all fields of technology.
RL
Rob Lefferts
CVP, Microsoft Threat Protection
Rob Lefferts is corporate vice president of The Threat Protection Org at Microsoft. Lefferts leads the team responsible for M365 Defender and Sentinel products which ensures end-to end comprehensive and cohesive Microsoft security experiences and technology for all of our customers. Lefferts holds a BS and MS from Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh, PA.
MW
Michael Wallent
CVP, Management
Michael Wallent works at Microsoft HQ in Redmond, Washington, USA. He serves as the Corporate Vice President of the Management division of the Microsoft Security organization. His team develops Intune, Intune Suite, and Configuration Manager which are products and services to help customers manage employee use of PCs and mobile devices. Intune is used by tens of thousands of customers worldwide on nearly 200 million devices of all kinds. Michael joined Microsoft in 1996 and worked on Internet Explorer, Windows, and Windows Server. He earned his B.S in Computer Science from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1991. Michael lives in Seattle, Washington, USA with his wife and three children.