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Kiyoshi Watanabe

Seattle,WA

Summary

As a Managed Services Solution Manager at Microsoft, I leverage my 20+ years of experience in computer security to deliver SOC augmentation services for enterprise customers. I have a strong background in SDL, application security, security architecture, identity management, cloud computing, and penetration testing.

I am passionate about offensive security, threat hunting, and software security. I am a constant life hacker and a silent hero for project execution and completion.

Overview

26
26
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Managed Services Solution Manager

Microsoft
04.2022 - Current

Worked Microsoft Security Enterprise for Service (MSSE) for SOC augmentation services. Build full-service onboarding including Sentinel, M365 Defender family, and Azure Lighthouse, SOC management system deployments. Incubate Attack Simulation service component to compliment the Services.

  • Impacts: Improving time-to-value by reducing onboarding time 50% faster for customers.
  • Self-transitioning to Offensive security and application security and threat hunting careers by working on Threat Hunting team in MSSE.

Solution Manager

Microsoft
07.2019 - 03.2022

Managed solution development lifecycle - backlog, envision, plan, design, implement, and release security solutions in global scale.

  • Improved and increased dev-release efficiency 30% by managing projects and resources in agile development fashion with latest DevOps platform.
  • Support global landing and activation worldwide, connecting to various stakeholders including Marketing, Sales, Delivery, and Support teams as well as external partners.
  • Accomplished multiple project executions in 3 years without non-significant delay.

Security Portfolio Architect (Software Security)

Microsoft
12.2017 - 06.2019

Served as Integration Portfolio Architect for WW Services at Microsoft HQ to integrate security portfolio into Azure IaaS & PaaS solutions.

  • Improved the Security integration to 4 market areas including cloud infra, app, data, and modern work - 25% increase in attachment rate to non-Security deals.
  • Incubated business opportunities by having growth hacking programs including IoT Threat Modeling, OT Solution Development, AI Threat modeling, and SDLv2 for DevOps.

SDL Architect (Office of CTO)

Microsoft
01.2011 - 12.2016

SDL architect to help Asia Pacific and Japan areas conduct threat modeling, source coder reviews, and security testing for internal and external app dev projects.

  • Integrated Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) process in Microsoft Services as standard engineering process to meet 100% SDL compliance requirement.
  • Serviced as readiness and community lead on SDL for WW Services organization by provide trainings to global Microsoft Consultant Audiences.
  • Developed SDL Maturity Assessment offer, - recognized one of most innovative offers in Microsoft security consulting portfolio.

Principal Consultant (SCOE)

Microsoft
11.2003 - 12.2010

Japan and Asia Pacific Area Senior Consultant to help customers design and deploy the Microsoft Security products, including Public Key Infrastructure, Windows OS Security, VPN, Direct Access/IPv6, Forefront technologies, IPsec, AD Rights Management Systems (RMS), and other various technologies.

Developed security offerings for Direct Access, Forefront technologies, AD RMS, IPsec, and Business Planning for Security. Worked with engineering teams to solve product bugs and security issues with customers (DirectAccess and IPv6)

PKI Security Engineer

Hitachi
11.1997 - 10.2003

Software and IT Engineer, strongly focus on Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) engineering. PKI based payment protocol standardization and its interoperability works in government, financial and other industries in Asia. Work with crypto library in Linux environments.

  • Developed ASN and crypto library in C
  • Developed configurable certificate fuzzing tool using openssl in C
  • Developed RFC 4158 Path Validation Reference module using openssl in C
  • Developed Japan PKI certificate extension for openssl in C

Education

Master of Science - Information Design And Technology

Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta
10.1997

Bachelor of Arts - International Studies

Kansai University of Foreign Studies
Osaka
03.1995

Skills

  • MICROSOFT SDL Standard Dev
  • MICROSOFT Threat Modeling / Tools
  • Source Code Review (C#, Java, PHP, Python) / Static Code Analysis with FORTIFY and SNYKS
  • SDL Maturity Assessment

Certification

CISSP, CISM

Languages

Japanese
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

Managed Services Solution Manager

Microsoft
04.2022 - Current

Solution Manager

Microsoft
07.2019 - 03.2022

Security Portfolio Architect (Software Security)

Microsoft
12.2017 - 06.2019

SDL Architect (Office of CTO)

Microsoft
01.2011 - 12.2016

Principal Consultant (SCOE)

Microsoft
11.2003 - 12.2010

PKI Security Engineer

Hitachi
11.1997 - 10.2003

Master of Science - Information Design And Technology

Georgia Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Arts - International Studies

Kansai University of Foreign Studies
Kiyoshi Watanabe