Nikolay Salnikov is a cyber-security practitioner with over 15 years of experience, currently working as a Sr. Customer Engineer at Microsoft. With expertise in Azure AD, Active Directory, Windows Server/Client, Azure Sentinel (SIEM), Microsoft XDR, Azure Information Protection/RMS, PKI, certificate lifecycle management, C# and PowerShell, Nikolay has conducted over 30 security assessments for large enterprises across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. He has also recovered multiple compromises and implemented 30+ IT security projects for Microsoft, ranging from simple to multi-staged complex implementations. In addition, he has developed and maintained 10+ internal service offerings, delivering public presentations as a Microsoft speaker. Nikolay studied specialist Applied Math at Mordovia State University named after N.P. Ogarev.