Satya Avinash Gamidi

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps (App Governance)

• Enhanced the security posture of applications by transitioning from certificate-based authentication to identity-based authentication, significantly improving overall security.
• Reduced the blast radius scope by 80%, limiting impact to a tenant-level scope.
• Streamlined the onboarding process for 2,000 vulnerable tenants, automatically preventing potential attacks following the Midnight Blizzard incident, earning a cash award for contributions.
• Recognized with a promotion from Level 60 to Level 61 in November 2023.

Azure Service SCOM MI (System Center Operations Manager Managed Instance)

• Developed the new version of SCOM MI to transition the $1 billion/year on-premises service to the cloud.
• Improved patch success rate from 33% to 95% by eliminating major dependencies.
• Automated the patching process through integrations with Azure services, including custom images and Azure Guest Patching Service.
• Reduced patching timelines from 8-9 months to 12-15 days by removing dependency on manual user triggers.
• Contributed to transforming SCOM MI into a fully Azure-native solution.

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps (Advanced Security - Reverse Proxy)

• Integrated Continuous Access Evaluation (CAE) capabilities across all customer apps utilizing the reverse proxy, supporting 2 million daily active users.
• Reduced session revocation time from 1 hour to 15 minutes, with instant revocations in some scenarios.
• Recognized with a promotion from Level 59 to Level 60 in September 2022.

Microsoft Defender for Office (Email Pre-Breach)

• Developed improved data visualizations for phishing and malware campaign insights.
• Enhanced customer-facing details, including dashboard summaries, and added functionality for querying 90 days of historical data using Cosmos Scope scripts.