BECOME A CLOUD SECURITY ARCHITECT IN 2023

BECOME A CLOUD SECURITY ARCHITECT IN 2023

In this episode of the Virtual Coffee with Ashish edition, we spoke with Kat Traxler (Kat's Linkedin) about the skillset, certification and knowledge base required to become a cloud security architect in 2023.

Episode ShowNotes, Links and Transcript on Cloud Security Podcast: www.cloudsecuritypodcast.tv

Host Twitter: Ashish Rajan (@hashishrajan)

Guest Twitter: Kat Traxler (Kat's Linkedin)

Podcast Twitter - @CloudSecPod @CloudSecureNews

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Spotify TimeStamp for Interview Questions

(00:00) Ashish's Intro to the Episode

(02:28) https://snyk.io/csp

(02:46) A bit about Kat

(05:35) What does a security architect do?

(06:46 )The difference in the Cloud Security Architect role

(11:08) The building blocks of building an application in AWS

(13:41) Are there DMZs in Cloud Architecture?

(15:54) Cybercriminal and Cloud exploitation

(19:04) How to keep with rapid changes in cloud?

(20:08) AWS pre:invent update

(21:39) Why is IAM important in Cloud?

(25:03) Do cloud security architects need to know coding and automation?

(27:38) How important are certifications?

(31:49) Getting in cloud security with no experience

(33:41) What are important skills for architect?

(35:33) SANS certifications for Cloud Security Architects

(37:04) How important is ist to have multi cloud knowledge

(40:44) Frameworks to build cloud architecture

(42:59) Do you need to know software development?

(44:19) Roadmap to become a cloud security architect

(45:32) What is the most difficult thing related to architecture?

(49:32) The Fun Section


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