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Ashish Tickoo

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Director at Microsoft
📍 Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Ashish Tickoo is the Director of Security Engineering for M365 at Microsoft, bringing over 17 years of experience in the field. His career progressed from a Security Analyst to a SOC leader, specializing in security operations, threat hunting, and detection. Colleagues describe him as hardworking, innovative, and a quick learner.

He played an instrumental role in bringing Microsofts prestigious Blue Hat hacking conference to India for the first time, highlighting his commitment to fostering collaboration within the global security research community.

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Experience
8 Years
Current Role
Director
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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Security Operations
His entire 17+ year career has been in security, starting as a SOC analyst and rising to lead security operations for Microsoft M365.
Cybersecurity Community
He actively promoted and celebrated India's first Blue Hat event, aiming to foster collaboration among security researchers to advance the industry.
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Career

Work history

5-2025
Director
Microsoft
6-2024 - 5-2025
Engineering Group Manager
Microsoft
1-2023 - 11-2024
Microsoft Cloud SOC Group Manager
Microsoft
2-2012 - 1-2014
Security Analyst-GCIA,CEH,SNPA,SND,CCNA,ITILV3,CCSP,ISO27001
Symantec
6-2009 - 1-2012
security Analyst- CEH,SNPA,SND,CCNA,ITILV3,CCSP,ISO27001
Bank of America
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