Mark Russinovich

Systems, cloud, AI, and writing

CTO, Deputy CISO and Technical Fellow, Microsoft Azure.

Creator of the Sysinternals tools, co-author of the Windows Internals series, and author of the Jeff Aiken cyberthrillers. Current work spans Azure engineering, AI security research, and a podcast with Scott Hanselman.

Current work

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Scott & Mark Learn To

Biweekly conversations with Scott Hanselman on AI, engineering craft, and systems — recorded on video, usually with real code on screen.

Latest episode: Polypost: A Multi-Platform Post Editor

Newest research

AI and agent security

Papers on agent security, jailbreaks and red teaming, unlearning, and planet-scale infrastructure, each linked to the paper and its publication venue.

Elsewhere

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LinkedIn for short updates, GitHub for code and experiments, and the blog for long-form writing.

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Books

The Jeff Aiken cyberthrillers plus the Windows Internals and Sysinternals references, with Amazon links and ratings.

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Blog

Technical deep dives and industry commentary, from the Sysinternals-era classics to recent posts.

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About Mark

Background, speaking, writing, and the through-line from Windows internals to cloud and AI research.

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