David Okeyode - Microsoft Azure Security Technologies Certification and Beyond: Gain practical skills to secure your Azure environment and pass the AZ-500 exam

Gain practical skills to secure your Azure environment and pass the AZ-500 exam

David Okeyode

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I am grateful to many people who have helped and supported me through the process of writing this book. To my wife and best friend, Brenda Tao. To my parents, who taught me everything I know (Jacob and Hope Okeyode). And to the three best sisters and encouragers in the world (Pemi, Elizabeth, and Esther). I love you all.

David Okeyode

David Okeyode is a cloud security architect at the Prisma cloud speedboat at Palo Alto Networks. Before that, he was an independent consultant helping companies secure their cloud environments through private expert-level training and assessments. He holds 15 professional certifications across the Azure and AWS platforms, including the Azure Security Engineer, Azure DevOps, and AWS Security Specialist certifications. He has also authored two cloud computing courses for the popular cybersecurity training platform Cybrary.

David has over a decade of experience in cybersecurity (consultancy, design, and implementation) and over 6 years of experience as a trainer. He has worked with organizations of different sizes, from start-ups to major enterprises to government organizations.

David has developed multiple vulnerable-by-design automation templates that can be used to practice cloud penetration testing techniques. He regularly speaks about cloud security at major industry events, such as Microsoft Future Decoded and the European Information Security Summit.

David is married to a lovely girl who makes the best banana cake in the world. They love traveling the world together and intend to do missions in Asia very soon!

Dharam Chhatbar is a seasoned information security professional who has more than 11 years of experience in various verticals of InfoSec, delivering impactful and high-quality risk-reduction work. He has helped secure many banks and retail firms and is currently working at a top Fortune 500 company. He holds a master's degree, is a fervent learner, and has earned several global certifications, such as CISSP, GSLC (GIAC), CCSP, CSSLP, GMOB, and some related to the cloud, such as Azure (AZ500), GCP (PCSE), and AWS (SAA). His key competencies include vulnerability management, application security, cloud security, VA/PT, and managing teams/vendors. He has also reviewed the book CISSP (ISC) Certification Practice Exams and Tests by Ted Jordan.

I would like to thank my parents, Bina and Jagdish; my wife, Chaital; and my sister, Hina, for their continued support and encouragement with everything that I do and for motivating me to always achieve my ambitions.

Rod Trent is a security CSA for Microsoft and an Azure Sentinel global SME helping customers migrate from existing SIEMs to Azure Sentinel to achieve the promise of better security through improved efficiency without compromise.

Rod is a husband, dad, and recently a first-time grandfather. He spends his spare time (if such a thing does truly exist) simultaneously watching episodes of The Six Million Dollar Man and writing KQL queries.