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EP138 Terraform for Security Teams: How to Use IaC to Secure the Cloud

EP138 Terraform for Security Teams: How to Use IaC to Secure the Cloud

FromCloud Security Podcast by Google


EP138 Terraform for Security Teams: How to Use IaC to Secure the Cloud

FromCloud Security Podcast by Google

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Length:
30 minutes
Released:
Sep 11, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Guest: Rosemary Wang, Developer Advocate at HashiCorp  Topics: Could you give us a 2 minute picture on what Terraform is, what stages of the cloud lifecycle it is relevant for, and how it intersects with security teams? How can Terraform be used for security automation? How should security teams work with DevOps teams to use it? What are some of the obvious and not so obvious security challenges of using Terraform? How can security best practices be applied to infrastructure instantiated via Terraform? What is the relationship between Terraform and policy as code (PaC)? How do you get started with all this? What do you tell the security teams who want to do cloud security the “old way” and not the cloud-native way?  Resources: Video (LinkedIn, YouTube) “EP126 What is Policy as Code and How Can It Help You Secure Your Cloud Environment?” Policy as Code with HashiCorp Sentinel or Open Policy Agent (OPA) for Terraform “Terraform Cloud adds Vault-backed dynamic credentials” blog Google Cloud Provider for Terraform Security & Authentication Providers for Terraform “Sloth’s Guide to Mindfulness” book
Released:
Sep 11, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Cloud Security Podcast by Google focuses on security in the cloud, delivering security from the cloud, and all things at the intersection of security and cloud. Of course, we will also cover what we are doing in Google Cloud to help keep our users' data safe and workloads secure. We’re going to do our best to avoid security theater, and cut to the heart of real security questions and issues. Expect us to question threat models and ask if something is done for the data subject’s benefit or just for organizational benefit. We hope you’ll join us if you’re interested in where technology overlaps with process and bumps up against organizational design. We’re hoping to attract listeners who are happy to hear conventional wisdom questioned, and who are curious about what lessons we can and can’t keep as the world moves from on-premises computing to cloud computing.