James Sfekas

Jim Sfekas is an Assistant General Counsel responsible for security, compliance, and privacy engineering at Microsoft. He leads a team that provides legal guidance to the engineering teams building Microsoft 365 security and compliance services, as well as the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTI). He also advises on AI security and the Microsoft AI red team. Jim came to cybersecurity after many years as a patent lawyer at Microsoft and Perkins Coie. He received his JD from the University of Washington School of Law and has a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland. Before becoming a lawyer, Jim worked as a software engineer for six years.