Wednesday, September 29, 2021

The State of Cloud Security

Josh Stella (@joshstella, Founder/CEO of @FugueHQ) talks about the differences between cloud security and data center security, the value businesses place on security implementations, and enabling governance in the cloud.

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Topic 1 - Welcome back to the show. It’s been a complicated world for security the last 12-18 months. Tell us a little bit about your background and the State of Cloud Security 2021 report.

Topic 2 - Between the SolarWinds hack, Microsoft database hack and daily breaches of 100M users, where are we with security these days? It seems as messy as ever, and yet it also seems like people aren’t that concerned anymore. 

Topic 3 - Misconfiguration still seems to be a major issue. Isn’t Automation and Infra-as-Code and GitOps catching on? Policy-as-Code.

Topic 4 - We now have DevSecOps, which combines all these functions together. Who is ultimately responsible for Security?

Topic 5 - When companies move to the public cloud, they still have regulatory requirements. The cloud providers have “certifications” (e.g. SOC 2, NIST 800-53, GDPR, and HIPAA, so are they responsible now?

Topic 6 - How do we start matching the level of motivation the bad guys (hackers) have with the level of concern companies should have?

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Sunday, September 26, 2021

Developing New Habits in COVID

COVID has changed the world over the past two years. But how many of the technology changes we’ve made will remain, and which ones may revert back to pre-COVID standards? 

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CLOUD GROWTH THROUGH GLOBAL PANDEMIC

This week I had a discussion about the amount of change that happened over the past 18-24 months and whether or not that's normal (across industries)?

WHAT STAYS, WHAT CHANGES, and WHY?

  1. Not every company or industry reacted the same. 
  2. Companies established new norms around remote work. This will impact future hiring.
  3. Companies adopted more remote-friendly technologies.
  4. Many customers began using more public cloud services (out of necessity) and it worked fine. They likely won’t abandon these technology choices.
  5. Companies are focused on how to adjust to these new normals, so they’ll prioritize things that work (in the short-term) 
  6. Will this be a boom for people getting new cloud certifications?
  7. Will companies eventually do cost-cutting on cloud spending, since it was “just do it!” last year?
  8. Will this create the new “bi-modal” IT? 

 

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Wednesday, September 22, 2021

Managing Tech Burnout

Michael Cucchi  (VP of Product @PagerDuty) talks about the challenges of increased hours, more frequent incident responses and overall tech burnout as a result of the 2020-21 pandemic.

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Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Tell us a little bit about your background.

Topic 2 - PagerDuty recently published the 2021 State of Digital Operations report. What were some of the high-level takeaways?

Topic 3 - Obviously the pandemic has disrupted where people work for the last 18 months. But what are some of the other factors that are causing so much disruption for Operations teams?

Topic 4 - We’re seeing the number of critical incidents per month increase (average 105/month). Do you think that’s more a factor of companies having to change so much so quickly, or technical debts just continue to accumulate and the overall foundation is less stable?

Topic 5 - There are tools (ChatOps) that are augmenting how we collaborate, but do you think the lack of face-to-face interactions between teams is causing some of the increased challenges we’ve seen this past year? 

Topic 6 - Any tips or tricks that you can give to Operations teams that are trying to manage this increased workload and may be struggling to keep up, or find the right balance between life and work?

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Sunday, September 19, 2021

The Evolution of MongoDB

The transition of @MongoDB from an open source project to commercially successful public company to cloud provider has been an interesting transition. One that many other software companies are looking to emulate. 

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FROM OPEN TO COMMERCIAL TO IPO TO CLOUD

Many software companies are trying to make the evolution from customer-operated to cloud-operated business models. MongoDB is an early lighthouse is showing the blueprint for success. 

CHANGING (OR GROWING NEW) MARKETS IS VERY DIFFICULT

  1. Solve a technical problem
  2. Create a unique value proposition (simplicity)
  3. [Marketing] Create (and lead) a growing community of users - via open source
  4. [Monetization] Create open-core features to differentiate and solve unique problems 
  5. [New GTM, New Markets] Evolve the product to new delivery models
  6. Grow into new markets, through different customer engagement models 

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Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Remotely Managing All The Things

Ev Kontsevoy (@kontsevoy, Cofounder/CEO @GoTeleport) talks about the state of the art in remote management, especially for Kubernetes environments, and how Teleport simplifies security for remote access.

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Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Tell us a little bit about your background and what led you to create Teleport.

Topic 2 - Today we’re going to dive into Teleport, but we’d like to learn a little bit about the evolution of the company, as it didn’t begin as Teleport.

Topic 3 - For better or for worse, we now work in a very distributed world. Between workers being everywhere, and applications being both on-premises and in the public cloud, what sort of remote management challenges does this create?

Topic 4 - From a technology perspective, how does Teleport work?

Topic 5 - Teleport is made up of access to Servers, Kubernetes, Applications and Databases. How much does remote access change based on the target, or the team/person accessing it?

Topic 6 - What are some of the ways that Teleport makes things easier to manage remotely?

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Sunday, September 12, 2021

Cloud Jobs - Stay, Leave or Quit

There’s been quite a bit of debate recently on whether or not to stay in a role, look around for something new, or just quit tech all together. What’s the right choice? Let’s explore some options and strategies. 

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THE COVID PANDEMIC HAS CHANGED A LOT OF PEOPLE’S PERSPECTIVE

Remote work; lots of job prospects, and some new perspective on life has many people considering alternatives to their current situation. 

SO SHOULD YOU STAY, LOOK FOR SOMETHING NEW, OR QUIT ALTOGETHER?

When to Stay

  • You enjoy the work, the team, the manager, the culture
  • You’re learning and you see a path for growth or upward mobility
  • You or your family need the work (healthcare, location, stability, etc.)

When to Look Around

  • You’re underpaid or don’t have an upward mobility path
  • You want to make a change, and can’t do it within your company
  • You no longer enjoy the work, the team, the manager, the culture
  • A great (outside) opportunity is presented to you

When to consider quitting (usually as a last resort)

  • You’re in a dangerous or harmful situation
  • You just can’t find any passion in it
  • You have an alternative way to support yourself (and your family)

 

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Wednesday, September 8, 2021

Backing Up into the Cloud

David Hill (@davidhill_co, Product Strategy, Office CTO) and Sam Nicholls (Public Cloud Principle) @Veeam talk about the evolution of managing data in the cloud, and backup and security strategies. 

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Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Tell us a little bit about your backgrounds. 

Topic 2 - We live in a world of software, and clouds, and ransomware attacks and security threats and frequent changes to applications. Let’s start by talking about the big picture of what backup looks like these days. 

Topic 3 - In a world that’s becoming increasingly more DevOps-centric, who now owns all of the elements around backups (testing plans, compliance, retention and cost-mgmt, etc.)

Topic 3a - What are some of the unique things Veeam does to make things simpler for those teams? 

Topic 4 - We used to live in a world of redundant, cold hardware in a remote facility, and truck rolls to Iron Mountain, and manual steps. What has public cloud and automation done to the backup landscape?

Topic 5 - How does the economics change now that public cloud is such a critical piece of backup strategies? (saving data, faster recovery times, agility, etc.)

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Sunday, September 5, 2021

Clouds, Chaos and Change

The next 12-18 months are going to be all about changes, chaos and a three-ring circus between the major cloud providers. The status quo is likely going to change, as plenty of new names and faces, and big money, try to steer these giant ships.

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ARE THE BIG CLOUDS TOO BIG TO DISRUPT?

It’s very difficult to sustain success in business, especially in highly competitive markets. And the market dynamics of today are ripe for change. 

HOW DOES CHANGE HAPPEN FOR THE MARKET LEADERS

  • Leadership changes at the top.
  • Growth expectations exceed the company’s ability to scale growth.
  • The people that lead the original growth leave the company.
  • The people that backfill don’t have the same skills or mindset to succeed at the same level. 
  • Competitors start to find new pressure points. 
  • Companies move from products to solutions as the market evolves from early-adopters to mainstream and laggards.
  • Big money makes people make big decisions (outside your company) - going to “change the world”

 

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Wednesday, September 1, 2021

We’ve All Become The Cloudcast

Aaron and Brian discuss how the on-going pandemic is creating a permanent habit of working remotely, and the challenges of trying to learn technology with less free time. 

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Topic 1 - Origin story of The Cloudcast (brief)

Topic 2 - It’s now been 529 days since the world shut down (in the US). How many Zoom calls have you attended in that time?  

Topic 3 - “It can take anywhere from 18 to 254 days for a person to form a new habit and an average of 66 days for a new behavior to become automatic.” What new, work-related habits have you formed?

Topic 4 - How do you expect people to keep up with new technologies? 

Topic 5 - We’re at a weird stage, where lots of people say that they want to work-from-home (full or part-time), for various reasons (e.g. avoid commutes, cube-mates chews too loud, etc.), but also claim to be more burned out. Do you think people will take the time to learn new stuff?

Topic 6 - Has the pandemic changed anything about how you’re effective? Do you think it’ll be permanent, or do you still have the “we’ll get back to normal” mindset?

Topic 7 - Any tips or tricks to be an effective remote worker and tech leader?

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