Tech Pro Ireland 266 - with Tushar Kumar
Are you a tech support engineer, IT manager or CTO and want to have a clear understanding of how to build a classification-first data security posture that scales with your organisation OR how to close the gap between your data security policies and the reality of how your users - and your AI tools - are actually working with data today??
Then this event is for you!
Come join Stackand.Co at their monthly Tech Pro Ireland event on the evening of Thursday 25th June with special guest, Microsoft MVP in Security, Tushar Kumar.
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18:15 Doors Open (don't be late!)
19:00 - Knowing Your Data: Microsoft Purview Information Protection & DLP
Most organisations are sitting on a goldmine of sensitive data - and have no idea where it is, who can access it, or whether it's leaving. Without a solid classification and labelling foundation, Data Loss Prevention policies become a guessing game. Too broad and you kill productivity. Too narrow and sensitive data walks out the door unnoticed.
In this session, Tushar will walk through Microsoft Purview Information Protection - sensitivity labels, auto-classification, and how a well-designed label taxonomy underpins every data security control that follows. He'll then show how DLP policies built on top of that foundation actually enforce in practice, across Microsoft 365, endpoints, and beyond.
At the end of the talk, you'll walk away with a clear understanding of how to build a classification-first data security posture that scales with your organisation rather than against it.
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BREAK: Pizza is served with drinks
20:00 - Data Security in the AI Era: Copilot, Cloud Apps & the New Threat Surface
Copilot changed everything. When users can query your data in natural language, oversharing problems that were previously theoretical become very real, very fast. At the same time, SaaS sprawl means sensitive data isn't just sitting in SharePoint - it's in apps your security team may not even know about.
In this session, Tushar will explore how Microsoft Purview extends data security controls into Copilot for Microsoft 365 - and why getting your labels right before you roll out AI isn't optional. He'll also cover Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps: how to gain visibility across sanctioned and unsanctioned SaaS, enforce session controls, and detect when data is moving in ways it shouldn't.
By the end of this session, you'll understand how to close the gap between your data security policies and the reality of how your users - and your AI tools - are actually working with data today.
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About Tushar
Tushar is a Cloud Security Lead at Codec Ireland. With over 10 years working across regulated industries and some of Ireland's most demanding public sector and regulated environments, he brings a practitioner's perspective to topics that are often discussed in theory but rarely unpacked in the real world.
Tushar holds Microsoft MVP status in Security, specializing in Identity and Data Security, Microsoft Purview, and AI Data Security. Outside of client work, he runs TheAzWay - a technical content channel focused on Azure and Microsoft 365 - and is actively involved in diversity and inclusion in the Irish tech community.
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