Jun 25, 2019
With security being the top priority at AWS re:Inforce this week, we thought we would dedicate our latest episode to the discussion of cloud security. Dan Pitman from Alert Logic lends his expertise to the team, to help Jez and Dave dance around the cyber security handbag and wade through the myths and misconceptions to help answer the all-important question: Is the cloud as secure as your data centre?
0:00 - Introductions
2:30 - News - Microsoft and Oracle to Interconnect Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud
11:10 - Jez’s new job (?)
12:30 - Cloudy Cliffhanger Question
17:58 - Deep Dive - Is the cloud as secure as your data centre?
21:00 - The ‘immutable infrastructure’
22:00 - SecDevOps - Start with security
24:30 - Security is an enabler: Security as Code
27:17 - Jez’s analogy - Security in a traditional data centre vs security in the cloud
32:00 - How much do I have to pay you to not get hacked?
32:57 - Define the distinction between a vulnerability and a breach
37:25 - Is security more of a challenge in the cloud?
39:52 - What cyber advice would you have for IT organization leaders who are about to set foot in the cloud?
41:16 - The verdict - Is the cloud as secure as your data centre?
42:00 - Cloudy Cliffhanger Answer
46:09 - Ten Second Recommendations