Data Architect, Security, Sarpedon Quality Lab

Andreas Wolter is a data security expert and founder of Sarpedon Quality Lab. As a former Senior Program Manager for Azure SQL and SQL Server at Microsoft, he led the revamp of SQL Server’s permission system and designed the external authorization framework for Microsoft Purview, now also used by SQL databases in Microsoft Fabric. He served on Microsoft’s security review board, analyzing threat models for SQL Server and Azure SQL features, contributing to improvements aligned with the Principle of Least Privilege, and helping shape the last major overhaul of SQL vulnerability assessment in Microsoft Defender for SQL. One of only seven Microsoft Certified Solutions Masters (MCSM) for the Data Platform worldwide and a former Microsoft MVP, Andreas brings over 25 years of experience and has developed a SQL Server security assessment framework used to identify real-world risk patterns across enterprise environments. He regularly speaks at international conferences and helps organizations identify real risk, strengthen security, and improve performance and availability, and reduce costs across SQL Server environments - on-premises and in Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud.