Story of a Cloud Architect & Blurry Lines of Control with AWS

Story of a Cloud Architect & Blurry Lines of Control with AWS

In this episode of the Virtual Coffee with Ashish edition, we spoke with Ashish Desai (Ashish Desai's Linkedin) about how much of the on-premise can work in Cloud, what the online world is saying versus the reality of what businesses are experiencing.

--Announcing Cloud Security Villains Project--

We are always looking to find creative ways to educate folks in Cloud Security and the Cloud Security Villains is part of this education pieces. Cloud Security Villains are coming, you can learn how to defeat them in this YouTube Playlist link

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

Host Twitter: Ashish Rajan (@hashishrajan)

Guest Twitter: Ashish Desai (@ashishlogmaster)

Podcast Twitter - @CloudSecPod @CloudSecureNews

If you want to watch videos of this LIVE STREAMED episode and past episodes - Check out our other Cloud Security Social Channels:

- Cloud Security News

- Cloud Security Academy

Spotify TimeStamp for Interview Questions

(00:00) Intro
(05:50) Ashish Desai's Professional Background
(06:21) Academic Freedom and no firewall
(07:12) What are the roles and responsibilities of an AWS cloud security architect?
(09:27) Difference between managing permissions between onpremise vs Cloud service provider
(13:02) Running Windows 2003 on AWS EC2 Bare Metal
(13:28) Running Old Virtual Servers on AWS
(14:13) Cloud is secure by default
(14:54) CI/CD with Github and Terraform is not common
(15:28) Do people use CI/CD?
(15:37) Traditional on-premise staff is your new cloud engineer
(16:50) Business are not fully advanced
(17:47) Failed Kubernetes Deployment in production example
(18:45) Managed and Bare Metal Kubernetes can only maintain 1 replica
(19:10) What is 1 replica in Kubernetes?
(20:36) Problem with stateful app running on Kubernetes
(21:35) Change Management in Cloud
(21:57) Deployment phases in Cloud
(22:34) Why was ServiceNow required?
(24:39) Why ServiceNow couldn't keep up?
(26:33) Native Solutions bypass Change Management
(28:43) Role of Security Architect in a New Cloud World
(29:53) DevExperience is holding Cloud Adoption success
(32:08) CyberProfessionals to know atleast 1 language to be succesful
(32:27) Do Architect need to know how to code in Enterprise context?
(33:24) Knowing Code to understand the lay of the land
(35:22) Has the Architecture Frameworks changed in the Cloud world?
(37:15) What other skillsets outside of coding is required to be successful in Cloud
(39:54) Should we care about being Cloud agnostic?
(40:41) Architecture for Operational side of Cloud Security?
(43:51) Practical things for advancing Cloud skills?
(48:36) Can anyone come out of uni and become a Cloud Security Architect
(50:32) Resources for education on Cloud security architects
(51:36) Fun Section

Jaksot(344)

Cybersecurity Isn’t Crowded: Security Engineering and the 5,000 Vendor Problem

Cybersecurity Isn’t Crowded: Security Engineering and the 5,000 Vendor Problem

In this episode our host Ashish Rajan sat down with Ross Haleliuk, author of Cybersecurity for Builders and creator of the Venture in Security blog, to explore the current state and future of the cybe...

10 Tammi 20251h 10min

Centralized VPC Endpoints - Why It Works for AWS Networking

Centralized VPC Endpoints - Why It Works for AWS Networking

In this episode, Meg Ashby, a senior cloud security engineer shares how her team tackled AWS’s centralized VPC interface endpoints, a design often seen as an anti-pattern. She explains how they turned...

17 Joulu 202448min

What is CADR?

What is CADR?

In this episode, recorded at Kubecon NA in Salt Lake City, we spoke about about Kubernetes security with Shauli Rozen, co-founder and CEO of ARMO Security. From the challenges of runtime protection to...

5 Joulu 202429min

Building Platforms in Regulated Industries

Building Platforms in Regulated Industries

At HashiConf 2024 in Boston, our host Ashish Rajan had a great chat over some cannolis and a game of Jenga with AJ Oller, AVP of Engineering at The Hartford about how automation, mainframes, and compl...

21 Marras 202436min

Dynamic Permission Boundaries: A New Approach to Cloud Security

Dynamic Permission Boundaries: A New Approach to Cloud Security

In this episode, Ashish spoke with Kushagra Sharma, Staff Cloud Security Engineer, to delve into the complexities of managing Identity Access Management (IAM) at scale. Drawing on his experiences from...

12 Marras 202446min

Building a Resilient Cloud Security Program after Merger and Acquisition

Building a Resilient Cloud Security Program after Merger and Acquisition

In this episode, host Ashish Rajan sits down with Prahathess Rengasamy, a cloud security expert with extensive experience at companies like Credit Karma, Block, and Apple. Together, they explore the c...

9 Marras 202439min

Building Data Perimeter in Cloud in 2024

Building Data Perimeter in Cloud in 2024

In this episode, Ashish gets into the critical topic of data perimeters in AWS with our guest, Tyler Warren, a Lead Cloud Security Engineer at USAA. As cloud environments continue to evolve, the impor...

31 Loka 202456min

Navigating NIST CSF 2.0: Guide to Frameworks and Governance

Navigating NIST CSF 2.0: Guide to Frameworks and Governance

In this episode, we sat down with Lukasz Gogolkiewicz, an Australia-based Cybersecurity Leader and former pentester, to explore his journey from offensive security into cybersecurity leadership. Lukas...

22 Loka 202436min