Author: Marco Schmidt
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Session – Goodbye VPN – Let’s never meet again! – Azure Boot Camp 2026
I held a Live Session at the Swiss Microsoft Security Summit 2026. Feel free to download the slides from the attachment of this post!
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Session – Goodbye VPN – Let’s never meet again! – Swiss Microsoft Security Summit 2026
I held a Live Session at the Swiss Microsoft Security Summit 2026. Feel free to download the slides from the attachment of this post!
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Microsoft GSA Remote Networks – How to connect your FortiGate
While testing Microsofts Global Secure Access, we wanted to test the Remote Networks Feature, which is often overlooked. Since I worked with FortiGates in the past, I thought it couldn’t be that hard to configure the IPSec Tunnel that is needed to connect your site to GSA. Far from it! It took me hours to…
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Global Secure Access in Public WiFi – not as secure as it should be
So I’ve been testing Microsoft’s Global Secure Access (GSA) lately. It’s supposed to be this modern VPN replacement with Zero Trust and all that fancy stuff. Microsoft is pushing companies to ditch their old VPNs and move to GSA instead. Sounds great, right? Well… I found something that made me raise an eyebrow. Let me…
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Session – Protect your Tokens! FIDO won’t help you! – Azure User Group Zurich
I held a Live Session at the Azure User Group Zurich Meetup 2025 – Entra Security Night. Feel free to download the slides from the attachment of this post!
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Session – How Criminals Breach your Azure Environment – Workplace and Security Meetup Bern
I held a Live Session at the Workplace and Security Meetup Bern 2024. Feel free to download the slides from the attachment of this post!
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The Perils of Passkeys
It seems like everyone loves Passkeys at the moment. In the past, usability and security often conflicted with each other. But now, the bright future is ahead with passkeys that combine both aspects perfectly! And although I really like them and preach the advantages to our customers there are still some risks involved with using…
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CISSP from a Cloud Security Engineer’s point of view
Recently, I took the exam, and now that I can officially call myself a CISSP (the waiting time between the endorsement of work experience and the approval from ISC2 felt like an eternity), I would like to share some points I learned about this certification and my opinion on it. For those who have never…
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Session – How Criminals Breach your Azure Environment – Azure Boot Camp Switzerland
I held a Live Session together with Manuel Meyer at Azure Boot Camp Switzerland 2024. Feel free to download the slides from the attachment of this post!
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Session – How Criminals Breach your Azure Environment – Azure User Group Zurich
I held a Live Session at Azure Zurich User Group Meetup together with Manuel Meyer. Feel free to download the slides from the attachment of this post!