The number of Microsoft vulnerabilities has risen by 181% in the last five years, with more vulnerabilities in 2020 than any other year so far. Why does this matter so much? When you consider that 1 in 3 breaches start from an unpatched vulnerability, and over 1.5 billion people run Microsoft operating systems every day – the size of the threat landscape is massive.
Join Sami Laiho, Microsoft MVP and Ethical Hacker, on this upcoming webinar as he explores key trends of vulnerability growth in the Microsoft ecosystem and how to mitigate most of the risk through a simple (often overlooked) step.
Other key points Sami will cover include:
- Key headlines and data highlights from the 2021 Microsoft Vulnerabilities Report
- Why “Elevation of Privilege” became the #1 vulnerability category in 2020
- How removing admin rights could mitigate 56% of critical vulnerabilities
- Detailed commentaries from some of the world’s best cybersecurity experts
After Sami's portion, BeyondTrust's Director Solution Engineering, Ajay Kumar, will share how BeyondTrust's Endpoint Privilege Management solution enables absolute control over every privilege in your environment to drastically reduce attack surface and windows of exposure, while boosting business productivity.
All attendees will receive a complementary copy of The 2021 Microsoft Vulnerabilities Report!
Meet the Presenters
Sami Laiho, Windows OS & Security Expert, Senior Technical Fellow
Sami Laiho is one of the world’s leading professionals in the Windows OS and Security. Sami has been working with and teaching OS troubleshooting, management, and security since 1996.
In 2019 Sami was chosen by TiVi-magazine as one of the top 100 influencers in IT in Finland. He is the 11th most followed person in his field in Finland.
At Ignite 2018, Sami’s “Behind the Scenes: How to build a conference winning session” and “Sami Laiho: 45 Life Hacks of Windows OS in 45 minutes” sessions were ranked as #1 and #2 out of 1708 sessions!! This was the first time in the history of the conference that anyone has been able to do this.
Before that, at Ignite 2017, the world’s biggest Microsoft event, Sami was evaluated as the Best External Speaker! Also, Sami’s sessions were evaluated as the Best session in TechEd North America, Europe and Australia in 2014, and Nordic Infrastructure Conference in 2016, 2017 and 2019.
Ajay Kumar, Director Solution Engineering – APJ at BeyondTrust
Ajay Kumar has over 15 years’ experience in cyber security, and seven specializing in privileged access and identity access management. Prior to becoming the Director for Solution Engineering – APJ at BeyondTrust, Mr Kumar was the Regional Technical Sales Leader for over seven years at IBM.
A trusted cyber security advisor to enterprise customers, his experience spans across several industries such as banking, insurance, energy and utilities, in addition to state and federal government. At BeyondTrust, Mr Kumar heads the regional security engineering department, helping enterprises and government agencies improve their security posture against internal and external threats.