Cloud Security Thoughts with Corey Quinn
Is the cloud secure? Richard chats with Screaming in the Cloud's Corey Quinn about the latest spate of security issues in AWS and Azure - and the responses to those issues. Corey talks about the risks the cloud providers are creating, not being clear when an exploit is found, to let people know how much visibility they have into the problem. Mitigating an exploit is not enough - you have to be able to answer the question about whether or not the cloud is secure. The alternatives are worse!
Episode 802 of the RunAs Radio podcast, hosted by Corey Quinn, Richard Campbell, titled "Cloud Security Thoughts with Corey Quinn" was published on November 17, 2021 and runs 41 minutes.
November 17, 2021 ·41m · RunAs Radio
Summary
Is the cloud secure? Richard chats with Screaming in the Cloud's Corey Quinn about the latest spate of security issues in AWS and Azure - and the responses to those issues. Corey talks about the risks the cloud providers are creating, not being clear when an exploit is found, to let people know how much visibility they have into the problem. Mitigating an exploit is not enough - you have to be able to answer the question about whether or not the cloud is secure. The alternatives are worse!
Episode Description
Is the cloud secure? Richard chats with Screaming in the Cloud's Corey Quinn about the latest spate of security issues in AWS and Azure - and the responses to those issues. Corey talks about the risks the cloud providers are creating, not being clear when an exploit is found, to let people know how much visibility they have into the problem. Mitigating an exploit is not enough - you have to be able to answer the question about whether or not the cloud is secure. The alternatives are worse!
Links:
- CosmosDB Exploit
- Insecure AWS Buckets
- Azure Container Services Exploit
- Microsoft Zero Trust
- Amazon Zero Trust
Recorded September 9, 2021
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