Security of the Cloud - Part 2: White Hat edition

Listen in as I speak with special guest Mohamed Malki, a lifelong educator and learner, about certifications in the cloud. Mohamed's real-world experience and desire to learn as much as he teaches provides a unique and authentic perspective. 

Discussion topics include the different exam options for those getting into cloud, tips on preparing for exams, behind-the-scenes discussion on writing exams, and much more!

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This is such a great discussion with Greg Foss, Threat Intelligence Researcher extraordinaire, ethical hacker, pen tester, and all around nice guy that you want on your side of the security discussion.  We cover a wide range of cybersecurity-related topics, such as Ransomware trends, being banned from AOL, the elegance of malware, why you should never trust public wifi, the speed of a hack, security culture challenges, and much more.

A great discussion with special guest Tyler Warren, Director of IT Security at Prologis.
Managing Cloud Security is a challenge that keeps on changing.  Tyler shares his experience successfully growing a cloud security team.  

We cover relatable topics such as:

• The challenges of security culture
• Shifting left
• Thinking cloud first
• Security hygiene
• The threat ecosystem
• Supply chain challenges
• Security data lakes

No matter what you do in the cloud, you are paying for it!  Discussions of overspend, optimization ideas, successes and failures

Darren and Erik talk about Containers: This episode discusses the AWS Elastic Container Service (ECS) in some depth.  General containerization concepts and challenges are discussed:

• Moving from the monolith
• Developer challenges
• Fargate vs. EC2
• Democritization of DevOps
• Cultural challenges 
• ECS

Special guest Eric Johnson (aka EJ), Developer Advocate for Serverless at AWS, talks about his journey and shares his depth of knowledge and passion for serverless technology.

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In the pilot episode, Darren and Erik talk about the real world experiences and challenges of working with Infrastructure as Code.

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