Mohammad Akif is the National Security and Privacy Lead for Microsoft. He has worked in the industry for over 15 years and has published a number of books and articles. Mohammad spends a significant amount of time working with Microsoft’s major customers in the financial, energy, healthcare and public sectors to help improve their security postures and refocus their IT security departments away from yesterday’s threats and onto the modern threat landscape. He is a frequent speaker at security conferences in Canada and worldwide.