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About security.ink: a field journal for the modern defender. No marketing fluff. No copy-paste threat feeds. Just real stories, hard-won lessons, and sharp insights from the front lines of cybersecurity.

Founded by Micah Heaton, recipient of the 2025 Microsoft Security Changemaker Award, Security.ink exists to elevate the work of unsung defenders, document the evolution of Microsoft’s security ecosystem, and bring clarity to chaos. This site pulls together dispatches, panels, posts, and stories originally shared across LinkedIn, webinars, and private security communities.

If you work with Microsoft Defender, Sentinel, Security Copilot, or any part of the Microsoft cloud security stack, you’ll find something here that makes you better.

This blog is for:

• Practitioners living in the trenches
• CISOs sorting signal from noise
• Security pros tired of vendor sprawl
• Anyone chasing real outcomes with Microsoft security tools