Microsoft cybersecurity veteran Yuri Diogenes departs after 20+ years
yuridiogenes · x · 2026-10-30
Yuri Diogenes, a longtime Microsoft cybersecurity figure, has left the company after 20 years and 10 months.
- Helped bring security products like Forefront TMG, Azure Security Center, and Defender for Cloud to market
- Authored 28 of his 36 books on Microsoft security technologies
- Spoke at conferences across a dozen countries in the past year and grew Women in Cybersecurity from a small Romania initiative into a global program
- Says the people, not the products, were the highlight of his tenure
A notable personnel change in Microsoft's security organization.
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