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Gianni Castaldi

Gianni Castaldi

Kustoking and NinjaCat @ KustoWorks

Velsen-Zuid, The Netherlands

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Gianni Castaldi is a NinjaCat at KustoWorks and a Microsoft MVP. Active in IT since 2008 and cybersecurity since 2017, he specializes in designing, tuning, and enabling advanced detection and response capabilities. Most of his work focuses on the Microsoft Security Stack, where he builds detections, develops SIEM use cases, and delivers KQL training. Gianni regularly speaks at security events and has worked across industries including financial services, legal, MSSP, and semiconductor, with earlier experience in Palo Alto Networks, Tenable, and OT/ICS environments. His blogs can be found at kustoking.com and kqlcafe.com.

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Area of Expertise

  • Information & Communications Technology

Topics

  • Kusto Query Language
  • Microsoft Sentinel
  • Microsoft 365 Defender
  • Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
  • Microsoft Defender for IoT
  • Microsoft Defender for Office365
  • Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  • Microsoft Defendet for Cloud Apps
  • Palo Alto Networks
  • Tenable

Versla human operated ransomware

We kennen allemaal wel een voorbeeld van een bedrijf waar een ransomware aanval heeft plaats gevonden. Tijdens deze sessie leer je hoe je de Microsoft Security stack kunt gebruiken om de aanvaller te verslaan.

Throwing KQL like a shuriken

Throwing a shuriken is a tradecraft that will be learned after practicing for many hours. The same persistence is required to learn KQL. In today's session, two highly skilled KQL ninjas will take you on a journey into mastering the KQL skill. You will learn 8 ways to use KQL and defeat your adversaries with the accuracy of a shuriken.

KQL 0 to 100 in less than 1 hour

KQL is an awesome language but sometimes it is hard to get started. Let's run through the basics and beyond, to get you in a good shape.

Dection Engineering in Microsoft Sentinel

Enabling Microsoft Sentinel is one thing, but what do we do next? Connect data, build analytic rules and create enriching automation. How can we tune analytic rules? How can we use automation to scale the deployment?

Workplace Ninja Summit 2025 Sessionize Event

September 2025 Baden, Switzerland

Workplace Ninjas Norway 2025 Sessionize Event

June 2025 Oslo, Norway

Dutch Microsoft Security Meetup User group Sessionize Event

February 2025

Workplace Ninja Summit 2024 Sessionize Event

September 2024 Luzern, Switzerland

Workplace Ninja Summit 2023 Sessionize Event

September 2023 Baden, Switzerland

Experts Live Netherlands 2023 Sessionize Event

May 2023 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands

Experts Live Netherlands 2022 Sessionize Event

September 2022 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands

WorkPlace Ninja Summit 2022 Sessionize Event

September 2022 Luzern, Switzerland

Gianni Castaldi

Kustoking and NinjaCat @ KustoWorks

Velsen-Zuid, The Netherlands

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