How to Accelerate your AWS Security Maturity in 2023

How to Accelerate your AWS Security Maturity in 2023

Cloud Security Podcast - This month we are talking about "Building on the AWS Cloud" and next up on this series, we spoke to Chad Lorenc (Chad's Linkedin) about AWS Security Reference Architecture, Cloud Adoption Framework & Security Maturity Model are 3 ways to level up the maturity you have in Cloud . In this episode Chad Lorenc, from AWS shared lessons and talk about How AWS Customers can prepare to use 3 models to Crawl, Walk & Run their security practice.

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

Host Twitter: Ashish Rajan (@hashishrajan)

Guest Twitter: Chad Lorenc (Chad's Linkedin)

Podcast Twitter - @CloudSecPod @CloudSecureNews

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Spotify TimeStamp for Interview Questions

(00:00) Introduction

(03:35) A word from our sponsors - check them out at snyk.io/csp

(03:51) A bit about Chad

(05:38) How things are different in the Cloud

(07:59) The Maturity framework of AWS

(11:20) How maturity scales in AWS

(13:17) Anti-Patterns when building maturity in Cloud

(15:35) Framework examples on how to build maturity models

(19:27) Mapping maturity models to business objectives

(20:19) The role of cloud native tools

(26:23) Patterns in AWS to watch out for

(28:38) Challenges for security leaders trying to get into cloud

(35:07) Foundational pieces for building maturity in AWS

(37:50) How to implement AWS Control tower?

(43:09) Give developers more freedom in cloud

(47:34) Benchmark scales for security maturity

(51:27) Resources to help you build your own maturity roadmap

See you at the next episode!

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