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Episode 14: Cheslocked and loaded

Episode 14: Cheslocked and loaded

FromScreaming in the Cloud


Episode 14: Cheslocked and loaded

FromScreaming in the Cloud

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Length:
41 minutes
Released:
Jun 12, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Do you need data captured that let you know when things don’t look quite right? Need to identify issues before they become major problems for your organization? Turn to Threat Stack, which has Cloud issues of its own, and helps its customers with their Cloud issues.
Today, I’m talking to Pete Cheslock, who runs technical operations at Threat Stack, which handles security monitoring, alerting, and remediation. The company uses Amazon Web Services (AWS), but its customer base can run anywhere.  
Some of the highlights of the show include:

Challenges Threat Stack experienced with AWS and how it dealt with them
Threat Stack helps companies improve their security posture in AWS
Security shouldn’t be an issue, if providers do their job; shared responsibility
Education is needed about what matters regarding security, avoiding mistakes
Cloud is still so new; not many people have abroad experience managing it
Scanning customer accounts against best practices to identify risks
Threat Stack’s scanning tool is worthwhile, but most tools lack judgement and perspective
Threat Stack offers context between host- and Cloud-based events; tying data together is the secret sauce
You shouldn’t have to pay a bunch of money to have a robust security system
Good operations is good security; update, patch, track, and perform other tasks
Lack of validation about what services are going to be a successful or not
Vendor Lock-in: Understand your choices when building your system
Pervasiveness and challenge of containerization and Kubernetes
Cloud reduces cycle time and effort to bring a product to market
Amazon is a game changer with what it allows you to do and solve problems

Links:

Pete Cheslock
Digital Ocean
Threat Stack
AWS
re:Invent
Kubernetes
Released:
Jun 12, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Screaming in the Cloud with Corey Quinn features conversations with domain experts in the world of Cloud Computing. Topics discussed include AWS, GCP, Azure, Oracle Cloud, and the "why" behind how businesses are coming to think about the Cloud.