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### YamlMime:Profile
uid: rd.troy-hunt
name: Troy Hunt
metadata:
title: Troy Hunt - Microsoft Regional Director
description: Security Trainer, Web Developer, and Microsoft Regional Director in the Gold Coast, Australia
remarks: |
## Bio
I'm Troy Hunt, an Australian [Microsoft Regional
Director](https://www.troyhunt.com/2016/03/microsoft-regional-director.html)
and [Most Valuable Professional](https://mvp.microsoft.com/en-
us/overview.aspx). I'm also the creator of the [Have I Been
Pwned?](https://haveibeenpwned.com/) (HIBP) data breach notification service and
[I've peviously testified in front of US Congress on the impact of data breaches](https://www.troyhunt.com/heres-what-im-telling-us-congress-about-data-breaches/).
I don't work for Microsoft, but
they're kind enough to recognise my community contributions by way of their
award programs which I've been an awardee of since 2011. I get to interact
with some fantastic people building their best products and then share what I
know about creating secure applications for the web with the broader
community.
I'm [a Pluralsight author of many top-rating courses on web
security](https://pluralsight.com/training/Authors/Details/troy-hunt) and other
technologies. There's no better way to get up to speed on a topic quickly than
through professional training that you can take at your own pace. As both an
author and a student, I have nothing but positive things to say about the
breadth and quality of Pluralsight courses.
For fourteen years prior to going fully independent, I worked at Pfizer with
the last seven years being responsible for application architecture in the
Asia Pacific region. Time spent in a large corporate environment gave me huge
exposure to all aspects of technology as well as the diverse cultures my role
spanned. Many of the things I teach in post-corporate life are based on these
experiences, particularly as a result of working with a large number of
outsourcing vendors across the globe. For more corporatey background, there's
always my [LinkedIn profile](https://www.linkedin.com/in/troyhunt).
One of the key projects I'm involved in today is HIBP, a free service that aggregates
data breaches and helps people establish if they've been impacted by malicious
activity on the web. As well as being a useful service for the community, HIBP
has given me an avenue to ship code that runs at scale on Microsoft's Azure
cloud platform, one of the best ways we have of standing up services on the
web today.
Talk to me about: Cloud Computing, Security
## Spotlight
A few years ago, I analysed data breaches and saw some alarming trends. Most
notably was the prevalence with which the same people appeared in multiple
incidents, usually unbeknownst to them. I decided to create a solution to help
people monitor their exposure in data breaches called “Have I been pwned”
(HIBP). HIBP served the community by informing those impacted by these
incidents, but also enabled me to showcase how modern apps can be built on
Azure using cutting edge cloud paradigms. Fast forward to present day and the
service now holds billions of records from hundreds of serious security
incidents worldwide.
I wanted to demonstrate how much can be done with how little; in fact, the
goal has always been to run it at a cost comparable to my daily cappuccinos.
HIBP has enabled me to demonstrate how to apply features such as autoscale on
Azure App Service and highlight the value proposition of non-traditional
services, namely the rapid development, elasticity and commoditised pricing of
Azure. Through my work I’ve built a deep knowledge of Azure which has since
translated to numerous articles, conference talks and training courses.
HIBP receives millions of requests an hour and continues to be run on the
aforementioned “coffee budget”. It’s been highlighted by the world’s largest
media outlets, reaching hundreds of millions of people, whilst regularly being
showcased as a “how to” of modern cloud architecture.
tagline: Security / Cloud
image:
alt: "Troy Hunt"
src: media/profiles/troy-hunt.jpg
connect:
- title: Twitter
url: https://twitter.com/troyhunt
- title: Facebook
url: https://facebook.com/troyahunt
- title: LinkedIn
url: https://www.linkedin.com/in/troyhunt
- title: GitHub
url: https://github.com/troyhunt
location:
display: Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
lat: -28.00234
long: 153.428634