Derek is the Chief Strategist at Braincore, where he provides consulting services to Fortune 500 organizations looking to improve their cloud and on-prem security posture. Derek has been helping enterprises for over 25 years with identity security, Active Directory/Azure Active Directory, cloud identity, Entra ID, Microsoft 365, Intune, Microsoft Defender, CTEM, PAM, MFA, Group Policy, and other integrated technologies. Often asked to speak at events around the world, Derek has spoken and given Keynotes in over 40 countries at events such as RSA, Gartner, Blackhat, and more. Derek has worked for and with companies leading in these areas such as Microsoft, AWS, BeyondTrust, Quest, ManageEngine, SpectreOps, Tenable, and more. You can follow Derek on LinkedIn at @derekmelber and contact him at derekm@braincore.net.