Nikolay Milyaev
I write and speak about identity, endpoint management, XDR, operational security, and practical ways to use AI without losing engineering discipline.
Nikolay Milyaev is a Microsoft security and identity professional based in the Reading area whose work centers on Defender XDR, Entra ID, Intune, Windows 365, Sentinel, and Security Copilot.
Recent conference sessions on security, identity, and AI operations.
How correlation, automation, Security Copilot, and disciplined measurement combine to collapse mean time to respond across a modern SOC.
A practical look at moving from alert fatigue to measurable risk reduction with Microsoft Defender XDR, focusing on correlation, automation, and outcomes that matter to leadership.
Essays on operational security, detection engineering, and AI.
September 2025
Why treating detections as version-controlled, tested code is quietly transforming how large enterprises operate their security operations centres.
August 2025
As AI accelerates code generation, the constraint shifts from writing code to verifying it. A look at what that means for engineering teams.
Side projects and experiments in documentation and software.
An educational app project helping users prepare and learn through structured content.
A pet project exploring practical interaction patterns and small web tooling.