Drew Nicholas
Principal Security Global Black Belt at Microsoft
Auburn, Alabama, United States
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Top SchoolDrew Nicholas is a Principal Security Global Black Belt at Microsoft with a decade of hands-on experience securing cloud and hybrid environments, specializing in Azure and Office 365 governance, operations, and incident response. He has progressed from cloud consultant and detection-and-response forensics to executive-facing roles where he aligns security roadmaps with business priorities and drives large cloud migrations. Drew blends technical depth—developing investigation methods, tooling, and network capture solutions—with strategic impact, helping enterprises modernize authentication and compliance. Based in Auburn, Alabama, he combines an uncommon mix of MBA-level business insight and practical security engineering, enabling him to translate executive concerns into deployable security programs.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Masters of Science in Marketing Marketing Analytic, Masters of Science in Marketing Marketing Analytic at University of Alabama, Manderson Graduate School of BusinessMaster of Business Administration (MBA) Enterprise Consulting, Master of Business Administration (MBA) Enterprise Consulting at The University of Alabama
Github Skills (6)
azure9
powershell9
arm8
arm-templates8
microsoft8
bicep7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
drewnicholas1111/O365Migration
Jan 2017 - Jan 2017
Contributions:16 pushes, 1 branch in 2 days
drewnicholas1111/Microsoft-Defender-for-Cloud
Jul 2022 - Jul 2022
Welcome to the Microsoft Defender for Cloud community repository
Contributions:2 PRs, 8 pushes, 1 comment in 1 day
defenderpowershellcloudmicrosoftazure
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