Abbas Kudrati is the Asia’s Chief Identity & Security Advisor at Silverfort and a former Chief Cybersecurity Advisor at Microsoft Asia. With deep expertise in Identity Security, Zero Trust Architecture, Cloud and Cybersecurity, he provides strategic and technical guidance to a number of startups, including SquareX, Aona.ai, and PriviEzi, as well as leading institutions such as EC-Council, HiTrust and Vinnies Victoria, while actively mentoring the cybersecurity community. A bestselling author and renowned keynote speaker, Abbas has authored industry-leading books such as Threat Hunting in the Cloud and Zero Trust Journey Across the Digital Estate. He also serves as a Professor of Practice at La Trobe University and is a Fellow of the Australian Information Security Association (AISA).