I’m Razi Rais, a Product Lead on Microsoft’s Security Engineering team, where I help shape cybersecurity products used by hundreds of millions of people. With more than two decades across software engineering and cybersecurity, my work sits at the intersection of technical architecture, product strategy, and security at scale. Based in the Dallas Fort Worth area, I’ve also lived and worked in Redmond, Manhattan, Singapore, the UAE, and France, experiences that continue to shape how I think about trust, resilience, and identity.
Over the past 14 years at Microsoft, I’ve been recognized through the Senior Technical Leadership Program and the Circle of Excellence. Earlier in my career, I worked with Microsoft partners across Asia, Europe, and the United States and received a Microsoft MVP Award. I hold the CISSP, serve on the GIAC Advisory Board, remain an active Microsoft Certified Trainer, and am the lead author of five published books.
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Books
I've had the privilege of being a lead author on five books covering zero trust, identity, confidential computing, and cloud platforms. You can find the full list of publications here or on my Amazon author page.
Latest
I Passed the CISSP in a Long Weekend. Here’s the Honest StoryMarch 22, 2026I’ve been taking certifications for over twenty years. Most of them blurred together. Study for weeks, memorize a bunch of stuff, dump it into an exam, forget half of it by dinner. You know the ...
Podcast: Security Patterns For Client-Side Apps Running In The BrowserAugust 10, 2020Great to have Dr. Philippe De Ryck on the podcast. He talked about various security challenges faced by developers while working with client-side applications. Do you know the security considerations ...- Podcast | R3’s Corda platformMay 12, 2019In this podcast, I talk to Austin from R3 talks about technical aspects of R3 Corda including its architecture, consensus, programming model, etc. We also touch upon the future direction of R3 Corda ...
Part II – Kubernetes DevOps : Introduction to HelmJuly 13, 2018This is the second post in a multi-part blog series on Kubernetes DevOps using Azure. I am co-authoring this series with the help of my colleague at Microsoft, Daniel Selman. We recently worked on ...
Part I – Kubernetes DevOps : Introduction to the Historic Events MicroserviceJuly 12, 2018This is the first post in a multi-part blog series on Kubernetes DevOps using Azure. I am co-authoring this series with the help of my colleague at Microsoft, Daniel Selman. We recently worked on the ...
Building and Running an Auditing Solution on BlockchainFebruary 12, 2018On 21st February, I will be conducting an event at Microsoft NYC campus on building and running a fully functional blockchain based audit trail application. The first half is a good fit for both ...
Understanding R3 Corda and Running it on AzureNovember 5, 2017R3 Corda is a blockchain-inspired distributed ledger technology (DLT) from R3 that is specifically designed for financial and regulated transactions, and emphasizes privacy and security between ...
Homomorphic Encryption 101July 25, 2017I was recently exploring methods for improved privacy using various encryption schemes and stumbled upon Homomorphic Encryption that has a huge potential in that area. I do feel that it has higher ...
Creating Developer’s Docker Linux Virtual Machine on AzureJuly 22, 2017For an upcoming developer event on Docker I had to create handful of Linux Ubuntu virtual machines on Azure with Docker and few additional software installed on it. I looked into couple of ways to to ...
Event Announcement “Blockchain 101 – Introduction for Developers”July 18, 2017Some of you may already be aware that I host NYC MS Cloud User Group technology meet up every month at Microsoft Manhattan campus.This month, I will be hosting/presenting alongside with my colleague ...