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    Brian Tirch

    Brian Tirch

    Homeland Security Division CTO, Microsoft Federal

    Brian Tirch has over 20 years of IT experience working in many roles throughout his career. Brian holds a BS degree with a concentration in networking and is pursuing his Masters in Eng. with a concentration in Cyber Policy and Compliance. Brian has been a contributing author and technical editor for several books over the years. Brian holds many industry certifications and spent 4 years as a technical trainer teaching courses like A+, Network+, and the MCSE curriculum. Before joining Microsoft Brian was one of a few hundred people in the world holding the title of MVP for Microsoft Exchange. During that time, Brian worked with industry to develop and review the certification exam material and hosted a popular blog. Most of Brian’s career has been working in the Department of Defense where he spent much of his time advising senior leaders. Brian has worked for several large companies like EMC (now Dell-EMC) and was an Architect in the Microsoft Technology Center (MTC) for 9 years. Brian is currently the CTO for Microsoft’s Homeland Security Division where he works with senior leaders across the Federal Civilian space with a focus area of DHS and DOJ.

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    Securing the endpoint: designing SaaS service implementations to meet federal policy (2 of 4)
    Securing the endpoint: designing SaaS service implementations to meet federal policy (2 of 4)
    January 10th, 2020
    Several federal initiatives such as CDM (Continuous Diagnostic and Mitigation), TIC (Trusted Internet Connection) increasingly becoming similar, in that identical tools and approaches such as Zero Trust can be used to meet multiple federal mandates. This convergence provides an opportunity to reduce complexity while helping agencies improve ...

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    Securing mobile: Designing SaaS service implementations to meet federal policy (1 of 4)
    Securing mobile: Designing SaaS service implementations to meet federal policy (1 of 4)
    December 19th, 2019
    Several federal initiatives such as CDM (Continuous Diagnostic and Mitigation) and TIC (Trusted Internet Connection) are increasingly becoming similar, in that identical tools and approaches such as Zero Trust can be used to meet multiple federal mandates. This convergence provides an opportunity to reduce complexity while helping agencies ...

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