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Sarah Young
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Security & AI stuff @ Microsoft | Co-host of @azsecpod.bsky.social | Dogs, food and cyber security posts | Opinions mine, not my employer's | 🇬🇧 living in 🇦🇺 | Sarahyoung.io

Environmental science 37%
Computer science 12%

The goodest boy
This GOOD BOY ran onto the course during the Women’s Cross-Country Skiing Team Sprint event, crossing the finish line and being automatically recorded by OMEGA’s photofinish camera 😆

OMG Jacinda is keynoting RSAC? Exciting, I love her!
This GOOD BOY ran onto the course during the Women’s Cross-Country Skiing Team Sprint event, crossing the finish line and being automatically recorded by OMEGA’s photofinish camera 😆

Happy Pancake Day/Shrove Tuesday for those that celebrate!

MEXICO! I am sorry I didn't spend much time mingling last week at #MSAITour as I was poorly with altitude sickness but I have recovered and will now eat all the al pastor tacos.

And have you seen the coolness that is A365 like in my #MSAITour demo? Security people, get yourself on the A365 train.

I asked Copilot to make me some cyber security themed Valentine's:

Wowowow altitude sickness is rough.

Jumping on the AI caricature bandwagon. If you're in Sao Paulo or Mexico City for the #MSAITour this week, see you there: please grab me and say hi if you see me!

I've never been to Mexico before so any suggestions for things to do or see if I get some spare time are very welcome.

I'm going to RSAC for the first time in 6 years next month. Tell me what I should do/where I should go?

I'll see you at all the MS things (register below); looking to recruit Aussies to sing a particular song with me at karaoke...

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My mum lent me her manual car that is on the opposite side of the road to what I'm used to driving on. This will be interesting.

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Episode #124 is out! In this episode, Michael speaks to Raji Vanninathan about the Microsoft Security Response Center for AI. We also cover security news about AKS Deployment Safeguards policies.

Also hung with @marlene.bsky.social but I have no photo evidence!

Back in the motherland! Some observations:

- Victorian train stations are beautiful
- Why are Freddos now 50p?
- Why are meal deals an extra pound?
- This time of year should be cold with short days.

Okay folks, who am I seeing tomorrow at NDC London?! I know I'm in the afternoon of the final day of the con, but I promise it will be worth sticking around!

Just Antarctica left to visit as a continent now I have finally made it to Africa! Advice: if you are fortunate enough to travel for work, try and spend a day before/after doing something touristy, especially if you've come a long way.

Yeahhhhh I think so

Minding my own business in Sydney and a guy stops me and says he likes the colour on my toes. Cool.

Proceeds to ask me if he can smell my feet. FML.
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Happy new year! Episode #123 is out! In this episode we with guest Nick Wryter about agentic identity, what it is, why it matters, and how to secure it.

yep!

Time for a bit of vulnerability: I'm going to be away from home for 38 days from today and I will miss these two desperately. :/

Is this -85C coffee a thing elsewhere too? I had one today in town.

Uggghhh the notifications for my website's main email broke and I missed 5 months' worth of messages. If you were one of them, sorry for not replying!

The wonderful human being @larsklint.bsky.social's farm was destroyed by bush fires, please consider helping him.
On 9 January 2026 mine and my family's lives changed forever.
I tell the full story in this video: youtu.be/mNEPSWcOheY

If you want to support my family as well as our local community, consider sharing this post, or donating here: www.gofundme.com/f/we-lost-al...

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On 9 January 2026 mine and my family's lives changed forever.
I tell the full story in this video: youtu.be/mNEPSWcOheY

If you want to support my family as well as our local community, consider sharing this post, or donating here: www.gofundme.com/f/we-lost-al...

Copilot just told me off for asking it to make me phishing emails (I swear this is for a good/not nefarious reason)

Going live in a few mins, still time to join!
We're running an ANZ timezone friendly Microsoft Secure AI Bootcamp – Security Summer Edition from 13-15 Jan, are you signed up yet?!

It might also include a session from yours truly.

Register now: msft.it/61104toqbi

#SecurityANZ #SecureAIBootcamp

We're running an ANZ timezone friendly Microsoft Secure AI Bootcamp – Security Summer Edition from 13-15 Jan, are you signed up yet?!

It might also include a session from yours truly.

Register now: msft.it/61104toqbi

#SecurityANZ #SecureAIBootcamp

Why is the first day back at work after 3 weeks so exquisitely painful

Genuine question: I really want to have only one social account for InfoSec which was easy before Twitter became X but I still don't think the community has primarily settled on another platform and everyone is spread over Mastodon/BlueSky/X. Is that still an accurate take ?

I asked Copilot to draw me a map of my next event stops around the world in the next ~6 weeks and I think it's pretty cute (even if the Atlantic is wrong).

Are you going to AI Tour or NDC London? If so, come and say hello and chat security with me, I have some neat AI security stuff to show y'all.