About me

Hi! 👋 My name is Ian Hanley.

I build security capabilities that work in production—not just in demos.

My background spans detection engineering, threat intelligence, telemetry architecture, Microsoft security platforms, and large-scale automation. Today, I focus on applying that experience to product innovation, helping engineering and AI teams build security capabilities grounded in how modern SOCs actually operate.

Author of Ultimate Microsoft XDR for Full Spectrum Cyber Defense, KQL Toolbox, and PowerShell Toolbox, I’m passionate about detection quality, machine-speed security operations, AI-assisted defense, and turning raw telemetry into decisions defenders can trust.

Outside of work, I’m a proud father—and I can confidently say that parenthood has taught me more about incident response and risk management than any certification ever could 😁

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Cheers,
Ian D. Hanley