Brian Hooper
Principal Manager, AI Security Research, Microsoft
Brian Hooper is listed as Principal Manager, AI Security Research, Microsoft. Brian is scheduled to speak at Microsoft Ignite 2026 on 17 November 2026.
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About
Brian Hooper is a cybersecurity professional with over 20 years of experience protecting enterprise customers from threats, specializing in cyber threat intelligence, incident response, and threat hunting. As a Principal Research Manager with Microsoft Defender Experts, he leads a team of researchers ensuring that Defender Experts customers are protected from new and emerging threats using the latest AI capabilities. Prior to this role, he was a cyber security consultant and helped customers with incident response, penetration testing, and security architecture assessments, a lead instructor and course developer for security training, a cloud security architect, and a senior SOC analyst.
Upcoming
Microsoft Ignite 2026 17 November 2026 – 20 November 2026
- Practical lessons from building an Agentic SOC Speaker · 17 November 2026
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