About this episode

This episode features Gary Bushey discussing Microsoft Sentinel's data lake and Sentinel Graph, focusing on architecture, scaling, and threat hunting capabilities.

We’re excited to welcome back Gary Bushey (Security Architect at Cyclotron) for a deep technical episode covering: * Microsoft Sentinel Data Lake – architecture, scaling, cost optimization, and real-world best practices * Sentinel Graph – powerful new capabilities, dynamic investigations, hidden risk discovery, and how it’s changing threat hunting Gary brings extensive hands-on experience and has contributed to official Microsoft guidance on these topics. Expect practical insights you can use immediately. Guest link - Home - Cyclotron Gary Bushey - linkedin.com/in/gary-bushey Websites and blog: github.com (Other) garybushey.com (Blog) Words of Wisdom: “You can be whatever you want, so be the person who ends meetings early” General * Monthly news – May 2026 | Microsoft Defender XDR Blog * Microsoft Agent 365, now generally available, expands capabilities and integrations | Microsoft Security Blog * How Storm-2949 turned a compromised identity into a cloud-wide breach | Microsoft Security Blog * Kazuar: Anatomy of a nation-state botnet | Microsoft Security Blog AI Security * When configuration becomes a vulnerability: Exploitable misconfigurations in AI apps | Microsoft Security…

People in this episode

Host: Rod Trent

Guest: Gary Bushey

Topics covered

• Microsoft Sentinel
• data lake
• Sentinel Graph
• threat hunting
• cost optimization
• risk discovery

Keywords

• Microsoft Sentinel
• data lake
• Sentinel Graph
• threat hunting
• cost optimization
• risk discovery
• security architecture
• dynamic investigations

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cyclotron, Microsoft, Microsoft Defender XDR, Microsoft Security Blog, Microsoft Tech Community

Products: Microsoft Sentinel, Sentinel Graph

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