Brian Tirch has over 25 years of IT experience working in many roles throughout his career and has been employed at Microsoft for over 14 years holding roles like Technology Architect, Federal Homeland Security CTO, Federal Civilian CISO, and currently the Microsoft Federal Chief Security Architect. Brian holds a Bachelor of Science degree with a concentration in computer networking, a Masters of Engineering in Cyber Security and is an adjunct Professor teaching networking and cyber security courses. Brian holds numerous industry certifications like CISSP,CCSP, SSCP, CGRC and CCSK from various vendors.