Cloud Security Podcast
Cloud Security Podcast explores cloud security in public cloud and AI systems from an unbiased perspective, featuring cybersecurity experts solving security challenges at cloud scale. It is independent of cloud service providers like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. The show shares community stories from small and large organizations tackling multi-cloud security issues and deep dives into specific cloud security topics. Episodes often feature weekly interviews streamed on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Twitter, reaching a large audience.
Episodes
How Block Solved DNS Vulnerabilities
When companies rapidly migrate to the cloud without strict registrar policies, users often spin up unsanctioned subdomains pointed at third-party services like Vercel or Hugging Face. When those services are spun down but the DNS records remain, it creates "dangling" domains ripe for takeover, a vulnerability that can compromise entire hosted zones, auth tokens, and session cookies. In
Why AI Security is Actually a Data Security Problem
When an AI coding agent hallucinates a software package name, attackers can simply create malicious packages with that exact name, tricking the AI into downloading malware directly into your environment. In this episode, Ashish sits down with David Gibson, SVP of Strategic Programs at Varonis, to explain why the rapid adoption of AI copilots and autonomous agents is fundamentally a data security c
Securing Millions of AI-built Apps: How Lovable Defends Against Insider Threats
Empowering non-technical users to build production-grade applications requires a proactive, secure-by-design architecture. In this episode, Ashish sits down with Marcus Hallberg and Samuel Kelemen, security engineers at the AI software creation platform Lovable, to discuss how they actively secure AI-generated code and protect creators from supply chain risks.Focusing on solutions rather than alar
Why AI Won't Replace Your SOC: Federated Data & APEX Framework
Hash values, IP addresses, and domains are virtually useless as primary detection mechanisms in the era of AI-driven polymorphic malware and short-lived phishing kits. If your detection strategy is still stuck at the bottom of the Pyramid of Pain, your incident response team is doused in noise while true threats slip through undetected. In this episode, Ashish sits down with Nicole Beckwith, Senio
The "Hunt First" AI Security Strategy
Did you know that 82% of all intrusions don't involve any sort of malware, and AI-augmented attacks are up 89% year over year? If your security operations team is solely focused on reacting to known-bad SIEM alerts, you may be missing the silent breaches. In this episode, Ashish is joined by Damien Lewke, Founder and CEO of Nebulock, to discuss the critical shift toward a "Hunt First"
Shadow AI & Sandbox Escapes: Why You Need an Agentic Control Plane?
When Claude Cowork hits a roadblock, it doesn't give up, it writes a custom Python script and downloads an untrusted NPM package just to bypass its restrictions and finish its goal. Are your security tools close enough to stop it? In this episode, Ashish sits down with Michael Leland, VP, Field CTO at Island, to discuss the critical need for an Agentic Control Plane. Michael breaks down why tr
How Adobe Uses AI Agents for building a WAF Pipeline?
When vulnerability disclosures shrink the wild exploit window down to less than 24 hours (or even minutes), traditional manual patching and WAF rule creation simply cannot keep up.In this episode, Ashish sits down with Ammar Alim (Product Security Engineering Lead at Adobe) to break down how to build an automated, agentic WAF pipeline. Ammar shares how his team manages the scale and complexity of
Why Runtime Agents Are Replacing Static Posture Checks
The attack window from the discovery of a vulnerability to its exploitation has shrunk to less than 24 hours and sometimes down to just 25 minutes. Is your security team prepared for the speed of AI-driven attacks?In this episode, Ashish sits down with Sarit Tager, who leads Cortex Cloud product management at Palo Alto Networks, to discuss why the post-Mythos era is forcing Cloud Security and AppS
The Hidden Cost of BlackBox AI: Bridging Cloud and Code Security
Traditional SCA and SAST tools are notorious for drowning security teams in false positives, historically flagging nine out of ten alerts incorrectly. But while generative AI seems like a magic bullet, simply wrapping an out-of-the-box LLM around your code can result in confident hallucinations and astronomical costs extrapolating to as much as $52 million a year for a large enterprise using front
Who Governs Your AI Agents? Identity, Offboarding & Open Standards
Are overprivileged AI agents the biggest emerging threat in cybersecurity? In a recent high-profile attack, a vibe-coding company had its entire source code stolen because an attacker exploited a long-lived, overprivileged token tied to a third-party AI agent.In this episode, Ashish sits down with Ely Kahn, CPO at Okta, to unpack the challenge of managing Non-Human Identities (NHI) in the AI era.
AI-Powered Forensics: How Attackers Automate Breaches
AI isn't necessarily creating impossible new attacks, but it is drastically lowering the technical barrier to entry for cybercriminals. In this episode, Ashish Rajan speaks with Simon Biggs, Cyber Incident Response Specialist at Varonis, about how AI is accelerating the attack lifecycle. Simon explains how attackers are using AI kits to instantly set up ephemeral phishing portals, query SQL da
The 4 Pillars of AI SOC:From Threat Hunting to Vibe Hunting
Threat hunting has officially evolved into "vibe hunting". However, if your AI security tools lack the right semantic context, they might be doing more harm than good. In this episode, Ashish sits down with Aqsa Taylor, Chief Security Evangelist at Exaforce, to discuss the rapidly changing landscape of Security Operations Centers. Aqsa explains how her team coined the term "vibe hun
Native Cloud Firewalls Falling Short in a Multicloud World
As enterprises expand across multiple cloud environments, on-premise data centers, and dynamic AI workloads, traditional perimeter defenses and siloed cloud-native tools are no longer enough to secure the modern network. In this episode, Ashish sits down with Murali Rathinasamy, Senior Director of Product at Cisco, to break down the next evolution of network security: the Hybrid Mesh Firewall. Mur
How AI Agents Will Negotiate Your Vendor Contracts
Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) has historically been a tedious, 200-page paper exercise that felt like being catapulted back to 1979. But AI is changing that.In this episode, Ashish sits down with Igor Andriushchenko (CISO at Lovable) and Jasper Mills (CEO of Ethira) to discuss the collision of TPRM and AI.We dive into the hidden risks of Shadow AI, exploring the chaos that ensues when non-tec
How Claude Mythos Changes Vulnerability Management: From CVSS to Exploitability
Is your vulnerability management program ready for something like Claude Mythos? The old days of treating vulnerabilities as temporal events (like Heartbleed or Log4J) and patching them on a leisurely 30, 60, or 90-day cycle are officially over.In this episode, Ashish sits down with Brad Hibbert, COO and Chief Strategy Officer at Brinqa. Brad explains how the release of Anthropic's Claude Myth
AISPM Isn't Enough: How to Apply Zero Trust to AI Agents
We are officially entering the "Multi-AI Era." Much like the multi-cloud times, organizations are no longer just using a single AI tool like Microsoft Copilot, they are building custom, agentic workflows using diverse third-party models and MCP servers . In this episode, Ashish sits down with Shawn Hays from Varonis to discuss why the security market has over-pivoted on AISPM (AI Securit
The Rise of Agentic Cloud Security: Code-to-Cloud Shrinks to 3 Days
Is your cloud security strategy ready for the "messy middle" of AI adoption? With developers pushing code from inception to production in under three days using "vibe coding," and adversaries capable of exfiltrating data in just 25 minutes, human-led security is no longer fast enough .In this episode, Ashish sits down with Elad Koren from Palo Alto Networks (Cortex Cloud) to di
Why EDR Fails at AI Security & The Rise of Endpoint Behavior Modeling
Is your EDR blinding you to insider threats? In this episode, Ashish is joined by Brandon Dixon (Co-Founder & CTO of Ent AI, and former Microsoft Security Copilot leader) to discuss why traditional endpoint security tools are failing in the AI era .Brandon talks about the reality of modern "Insider Risk." Attackers are no longer relying on malware; they are "living off the land&
Solving Prompt Injection & Shadow AI for AI Malware
Are AI agents functioning like adversarial malware inside your network? In this episode of the Cloud Security Podcast, Ashish sits down with Jasson Casey, Co-founder and CEO of Beyond Identity, to speak about the security risks introduced by Shadow AI and code assistants .Jasson explains why an AI agent executing a tool is the perfect opportunity for prompt injection or proprietary data exfiltrati
Browser Security Explained: Consent Phishing, "Click Fix" Attacks & The Limits of EDR
Is your security team treating your Identity Provider (IDP) like a firewall? In this episode, Adam Bateman (CEO & Co-founder of Push Security) explains why that's a dangerous mistake and how modern attackers are bypassing SSO entirely .Drawing from his background leading red teams that simulated nation-state attacks , Adam breaks down the massive architectural shift from network-based atta
Is AI Hallucinations a Myth and the Real Threat from AI
Are attackers really using AI to run end-to-end cyber campaigns? In this episode, Edward Wu (Founder and CEO, DropzoneAI) joins Ashish to separate the hype from reality when it comes to AI-driven attacks .Edward explains how attackers are currently using open-source LLMs for reconnaissance and spear-phishing , and why the major commercial models now explicitly prohibit users from generating exploi
Why AI Infrastructure is Harder to Secure Than Cloud
Is AI security just "Cloud Security 2.0"? Toni De La Fuente, creator of the open-source tool Prowler, joins Ashish to explain why securing AI workloads requires a fundamentally different approach than traditional cloud infrastructure.We dive deep into the "Shared Responsibility Gap" emerging with managed AI services like AWS Bedrock and OpenAI. Toni spoke about the hidden dange
How Attackers Bypass AI Guardrails with Natural Language
In the world of Generative AI, natural language has become the new executable. Attackers no longer need complex code to breach your systems, sometimes, asking for a "poem" is enough to steal your passwords .In this episode, Eduardo Garcia (Global Head of Cloud Security Architecture at Check Point) joins Ashish to explain the paradigm shift in AI security. He shares his experience buildin
Vulnerability Management vs. Exposure Management
In this episode, Brad Hibbert (COO & Chief Strategy Officer at Brinqa) joins Ashish to explain why traditional risk-based vulnerability management (RBVM) is no longer enough in a cloud-first world .We explore the evolution from simple patch management to Exposure Management a holistic approach that sits above your security tools to connect infrastructure, code, and cloud risks to actual busine
Is Developer Friendly AI Security Possible with MCP & Shadow AI
Is "developer-friendly" AI security actually possible? In this episode, Bryan Woolgar-O'Neil (CTO & Co-founder of Harmonic Security) joins Ashish to dismantle the traditional "block everything" approach to security.Bryan explains why 70% of Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers are running locally on developer laptops and why trying to block them is a losing battle . Ins
Why AI Can't Replace Detection Engineers: Build vs. Buy & The Future of SOC
Is the AI SOC a reality, or just vendor hype? In this episode, Antoinette Stevens (Principal Security Engineer at Ramp) joins Ashish to dissect the true state of AI in detection engineering.Antoinette shares her experience building detection program from scratch, explaining why she doesn't trust AI to close alerts due to hallucinations and faulty logic . We explore the "engineering-led&qu
AI Vulnerability Management: Why You Can't Patch a Neural Network
Traditional vulnerability management is simple: find the flaw, patch it, and verify the fix. But what happens when the "asset" is a neural network that has learned something ethically wrong? In this episode, Sapna Paul (Senior Manager at Dayforce) explains why there are no "Patch Tuesdays" for AI models .Sapna breaks down the three critical layers of AI vulnerability management
Why Backups Aren't Enough & Identity Recovery is Key against Ransomware
Think your cloud backups will save you from a ransomware attack? Think again. In this episode, Matt Castriotta (Field CTO at Rubrik) explains why the traditional "I have backups" mindset is dangerous. He distinguishes between Disaster Recovery (business continuity for operational errors) and Cyber Resilience (recovering from a malicious attack where data and identity are untrusted) .Matt
How to secure your AI Agents: A CISOs Journey
Transitioning a mature organization from an API-first model to an AI-first model is no small feat. In this episode, Yash Kosaraju, CISO of Sendbird, shares the story of how they pivoted from a traditional chat API platform to an AI agent platform and how security had to evolve to keep up.Yash spoke about the industry's obsession with "Zero Trust," arguing instead for a practical &quo
AI-First Vulnerability Management: Should CISOs Build or Buy?
Thinking of building your own AI security tool? In this episode, Santiago Castiñeira, CTO of Maze, breaks down the realities of the "Build vs. Buy" debate for AI-first vulnerability management.While building a prototype script is easy, scaling it into a maintainable, audit-proof system is a massive undertaking requiring specialized skills often missing in security teams. The "RAG dr
SIEM vs. Data Lake: Why We Ditched Traditional Logging?
In this episode, Cliff Crosland, CEO & co-founder of Scanner.dev, shares his candid journey of trying (and initially failing) to build an in-house security data lake to replace an expensive traditional SIEM.Cliff explains the economic breaking point where scaling a SIEM became "more expensive than the entire budget for the engineering team". He details the technical challenges of mov
How to Build Trust in an AI SOC for Regulated Environments
How do you establish trust in an AI SOC, especially in a regulated environment? Grant Oviatt, Head of SOC at Prophet Security and a former SOC leader at Mandiant and Red Canary, tackles this head-on as a self-proclaimed "AI skeptic". Grant shared that after 15 years of being "scared to death" by high-false-positive AI, modern LLMs have changed the game .The key to trust lies in
Threat Modeling the AI Agent: Architecture, Threats & Monitoring
Are we underestimating how the agentic world is impacting cybersecurity? We spoke to Mohan Kumar, who did production security at Box for a deep dive into the threats of true autonomous AI agents.The conversation moves beyond simple LLM applications (like chatbots) to the new world of dynamic, goal-driven agents that can take autonomous actions. Mohan took us through why this shift introduces a new
AI is already breaking the Silos Between AppSec & CloudSec
The silos between Application Security and Cloud Security are officially breaking down, and AI is the primary catalyst. In this episode, Tejas Dakve, Senior Manager, Application Security, Bloomberg Industry Group and Aditya Patel, VP of Cybersecurity Architecture discuss how the AI-driven landscape is forcing a fundamental change in how we secure our applications and infrastructure.The conversatio
AI Agents for SOC: Hype Curve vs. Measurable ROI
Is the AI SOC analyst just hype, or is there measurable ROI? We spoke to Edward Wu, founder of Dropzone AI about this and he shared insights from a recent Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) benchmark report that quantified the impact of AI augmentation on SOC teams. The study revealed significant improvements in speed (45-60% faster investigations) and completeness, even for analysts using the tech for
Can You Build an AI SOC with Claude Code? The Reality vs. Hype
Can you just use Claude Code or another LLM to "vibe code" your way into building an AI SOC? In this episode, Ariful Huq, Co-Founder and Head of Product at Exaforce spoke about the reality being far more complex than the hype suggests. He explains why a simple "bolt-on" approach to AI in the SOC is insufficient if you're looking for real security outcomes.We speak about fou
Incident Response of Kubernetes and how to Automate Containment
How do you perform incident response on a Kubernetes cluster when you're not even on the same network? In this episode, Damien Burks, Senior Security engineer breaks down the immense challenges of container security and why most commercial tools are failing at automated response.While many CNAPPs provide runtime detection, they lack a "sophisticated approach to automating incident respons
The Truth About AI in the SOC: From Alert Fatigue to Detection Engineering
"The next five years are gonna be wild." That's the verdict from Forrester Principal Analyst Allie Mellen on the state of Security Operations. This episode dives into the "massive reset" that is transforming the SOC, driven by the rise of generative AI and a revolution in data management.Allie explains why the traditional L1, L2, L3 SOC model, long considered a "rite o
The Security Gaps in AWS Bedrock & Azure AI You Need to Know
The race to deploy AI is on, but are the cloud platforms we rely on secure by default? This episode features a practical, in-the-weeds discussion with Kyler Middleton, Principal Developer, Internal AI Solutions, Veradigm and Sai Gunaranjan, Lead Architect, Veradigm as they compare the security realities of building AI applications on the two largest cloud providers.The conversation uncovers critic
The Evolution of Email Security: From Pre-Breach to Post-Breach Protection
For the last 30 years, email security has been stuck in the past, focusing almost entirely on stopping bad things from getting into the inbox. In this episode, Rajan Kapoor, Field CISO at Material Security and former Director of Security at Dropbox, argues that this pre-breach mindset is dangerously outdated. The real challenge today is post-breach: protecting the sensitive data that already lives
Using AI to Fix Your Cloud Security Backlog beyond Visibility
You have the visibility, you see the alerts, but your security backlog is still growing faster than your team can fix it. So, are you actually getting more secure? In this episode, Snir Ben Shimol, CEO of Zest Security, argues that "knowing about an open door or an open window don't make you more secure... just make you more aware" .We spoke about the traditional "whack-a-mole&q
Your SecOps Team Can't Save Your Cloud: A New Blueprint for Security.
The conversation around cloud security is maturing beyond simple threat detection. As the industry grapples with alert fatigue, we explore the necessary shift from a reactive to a proactive security posture, questioning if a traditional SecOps model is sufficient for modern cloud environments.We spoke with Gil Geron, CEO of Orca Security, to examine the limitations of a SecOps-centric defense. Sec
New Identity Blueprint for a Future with Cloud & AI
Identity is the root cause of over 70% of all security incidents, yet many organizations still rely on fundamentally flawed authentication methods. In this episode, Jasson Casey, CEO and co-founder of Beyond Identity, explains why even common forms of MFA are insufficient and why any system that relies on a "secret moving" is vulnerable to attack.The conversation dives deep into the arch
AI for SOC Automation: A Blueprint for the New world of Incident Response
The nature of Security Operations is changing. As cloud environments grow in complexity and data volumes explode, traditional approaches to detection and response are proving insufficient. This episode features an in-depth conversation with Kyle Polley, who leads the AI security team at Perplexity, about a modern blueprint for the Security Operations Center (SOC).The discussion centers on a necess
The Truth About Agentic AI in the SOC: Reality vs. Hype
What does the integration of AI into a Security Operations Center (SOC) practically look like? This episode explores the concept of the "Agentic SOC," moving beyond marketing terms to discuss its real-world applications and limitations.Ashish Rajan is joined by Edward Wu, CEO of Dropzone AI, for an in-depth discussion on the current state of artificial intelligence in cybersecurity. Edward, who ho
Understanding a $10B Fraud Vector in Cloud-Native Workflows
A $10 billion fraud vector is currently exploiting a common feature in many cloud-native applications: the SMS verification flow. This isn't a traditional breach. Instead of stealing data, adversaries use bots to trigger costs that are quietly absorbed into your company's operational budget, often showing up as an inflated cell phone or marketing bill.We spoke to Frank Teruel, COO at Arkos
How BT Tackled 180 Years of Legacy to Build a Passwordless Future
How do you modernize security in a 180-year-old company that operates critical national infrastructure? What does it look like when you discover tens or even hundreds of thousands of credentials hidden across your estate?In this episode, we sit down with Christian Schwarz, Security Director for Network Services at BT Group , recorded at HashiDays London. Christian shares the immense challenge and
Why Security Can Be Stricter: A Zero Trust Approach to AppSec with AI
Is AI making application security easier or harder? We spoke to Amit Chita, Field CTO at Mend.io, the rise of AI agents in the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) presents a unique opportunity for security teams to be stricter than ever before. As developers increasingly use AI agents and integrate LLMs into applications, the attack surface is evolving in ways traditional security can't hand
Guide to Hybrid Cloud & Bare Metal Secret Management
Is your organization struggling with secret management across bare metal, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments? Standard cloud-native tools often fall short when you need a single, standardized solution that bridges all your infrastructure.Dan Popescu, Senior Site Reliability Engineer at Booking.com joins us to share how they built a cloud-agnostic secret management strategy using HashiCorp Vault.
"Escape-Proof" Cloud: How Block built an Automated Approach to Egress Control
Many organizations focus on keeping attackers out, but what happens when one gets in? We spoke to Ramesh Ramani, Staff Security Engineer at Block about the real challenge, which is preventing them from leaving with your data. In this episode, Ramesh details the innovative system his team built to automate egress access control at scale, moving beyond traditional, inefficient methods.Ramesh explain
Prioritizing Cloud Security: How to Decide What to Protect First
When you can't protect everything at once, how do you decide what matters most? This episode tackles the core challenge of security prioritization. Geet Pradhan, Senior Security Engineer at Lime joins the podcast to share his framework for building a SecOps plan when you're a small team. Learn why his team made AWS logs their number one priority , how to leverage compliance requirements to
Migrating from “Tick Box" Compliance to Automating GRC in a Multi-Cloud World
In many organizations, security exception management is a manual process, often treated as a simple compliance checkbox. While necessary, this approach can lead to unmonitored configurations that drift from their approved state, creating inconsistencies in an organization's security posture over time. How can teams evolve this process to support modern development without compromising on secur
Using AI Agents to Solve Cloud Vulnerability Overload
In this episode, Ashish Rajan talks with Harry Wetherald, Co-Founder & CEO of Maze, about the reality of modern vulnerability management. They explore why current tools like CNAPPs can generate up to 90% false positives and how AI agents can provide a real solution by thinking like a security engineer to identify genuine, exploitable threats. Learn about the challenges of building your own AI
Adapting to New Threats, Copilot Risks & The Future of Data (Feat. Matthew Radolec, Varonis)
AI is reshaping cybersecurity as we know it. From sophisticated AI-driven phishing attacks to the amplified risk of insider threats using tools like Copilot, the landscape is shifting at an unprecedented pace. How can security leaders and practitioners adapt?Join Ashish Rajan and Matthew Radolec (Varonis) as they explore the critical challenges and opportunities AI presents. Learn why 86% of attac
Securing AI: Threat Modeling & Detection
Is Artificial Intelligence the ultimate security dragon, we need to slay, or a powerful ally we must train? Recorded LIVE at BSidesSF, this special episode dives headfirst into the most pressing debates around AI security.Join host Ashish Rajan as he navigates the complex landscape of AI threats and opportunities with two leading experts:Jackie Bow (Anthropic): Championing the "How to Train Y
CYBERSECURITY for AI: The New Threat Landscape & How Do We Secure It?
As Artificial Intelligence reshapes our world, understanding the new threat landscape and how to secure AI-driven systems is more crucial than ever. We spoke to Ankur Shah, Co-Founder and CEO of Straiker about navigating this rapidly evolving frontier.In this episode, we unpack the complexities of securing AI, from the fundamental shifts in application architecture to the emerging attack vectors.
Cloud Security Evolved: From CNAPP to AI Threats
The world of cloud security is evolving at breakneck speed. Are traditional tools and strategies enough to combat the sophisticated threats of tomorrow? In this episode, we're joined by Elad Koren, Vice President of Product Management from Palo Alto Networks, to explore the dynamic journey of cloud security.Elad shares his insights on how the landscape has shifted, moving beyond the era of CSP
RSA Conference 2025 Recap: Top Themes, Actionable Insights & Future Trends
Dive deep into the key takeaways from RSA Conference 2025 with our expert panel! Join Ashish Rajan, James Berthoty, Chris Hughes, Tanya Janca, and Francis Odum as they dissect the biggest trends, surprises, and "hot takes" from one of the world's largest cybersecurity events.In this episode, we cover:Initial reactions and the sheer scale of RSA Conference 2025.Major themes: AI's
Mindset: Modern SOC Strategies for Cloud & Kubernetes (Ft Sergej Epp. Ex-Deutsche Bank)
Join Ashish Rajan in this episodeas he dives deep into the evolving world of cloud security with Sergej Epp, formerly of Deutsche Bank and Palo Alto Networks, now with Sysdig.Discover why traditional security approaches fall short in today's dynamic cloud-native environments, where workloads resemble swarms of drones rather than predictable trains. Sergej explains the critical shift from basic pos
Scaling Container Security Without Slowing Developers
Are you struggling to implement robust container security at scale without creating friction with your development teams? In this episode, host Ashish Rajan sits down with Cailyn Edwards, Co-Chair of Kubernetes SIG Security and Senior Security Engineer, for a masterclass in practical container security. This episode was recorded LIVE at KubeCon EU, London 2025.In this episode, you'll learn abo
How Attackers Stay Hidden Inside Your Azure Cloud
In this episode, Ashish sits down with Christian Philipov, Principal Security Consultant at WithSecure, to explore the stealth tactics threat actors are using in Azure and why many of these go undetected.Christian breaks down the lesser-known APIs like Ibiza and PIM, how Microsoft Graph differs from legacy APIs, and what this means for defenders.The 3 common ways attackers stay stealthy in AzureWh
How Confluent Migrated Kubernetes Networking Across AWS, Azure & GCP
Ever tried solving DNS security across a multi-cloud, multi-cluster Kubernetes setup? In this episode recorded live at KubeCon, Ashish chats with Nimisha Mehta and Alvaro Aleman from Confluent's Kubernetes Platform Team.Together, they break down the complex journey of migrating to Cilium from default CNI plugins across Azure AKS, AWS EKS, and Google GKE. You’ll hear:How Confluent manages Kubernete
The New Future of Cloud Security: Vendor Lock-In, Runtime, and SOC Readiness
The cloud security landscape may have just shifted — and we're here to break it down.In this special panel episode, host Ashish Rajan is joined by an all-star group of cloud and cybersecurity experts to discuss one of the most important conversations in cloud security today: the changing nature of security architecture, SOC readiness, and how teams must evolve in a multi-cloud world.Guests inc
Detection Engineering with Google Cloud
Detection rules aren’t just for fun—they’re critical for securing cloud environments. But are you using them the right way? In this episode, Ashish Rajan sits down with David French, Staff Adoption Engineer for Security at Google Cloud, to break down how organizations can scale Detection as Code across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.Why prevention isn’t enough—and how detection fills the gapThe bigg
CNAPPs & CSPMs don’t tell the full cloud security story
In this episode we speak to Nick Jones, an expert in offensive cloud security and Head of Research at WithSecure to expose the biggest security gaps in cloud environments and why CNAPPs and CSPMs alone are not enough often.How cloud pentesting differs from traditional pentestingWhy CSPMs & CNAPPs don’t tell the full cloud security storyThe biggest cloud attack paths—identity, IAM users, and CI
Securing AI Applications in the Cloud
What does it take to secure AI-based applications in the cloud? In this episode, host Ashish Rajan sits down with Bar-el Tayouri, Head of Mend AI at Mend.io, to dive deep into the evolving world of AI security. From uncovering the hidden dangers of shadow AI to understanding the layers of an AI Bill of Materials (AIBOM), Bar-el breaks down the complexities of securing AI-driven systems. Learn abou
Realities of Cloud Networking in AWS
AWS networking isn’t as simple as it seems and when you’re dealing with regulated industries like healthcare, the stakes are even higher.In this episode we sit down with Kyler Middleton and Jack W. Harter from Veradigm — who have navigated complex AWS networking challenges while migrating from on-prem data centers to the cloud.We speak about: The real struggles of moving from data centers to AWS W
Cloud Incident Response in Microsoft Azure
In this episode, we dive deep into Azure security, incident response, and the evolving cloud threat landscape with Katie Knowles, Security Researcher and former Azure Incident Responder. We spoke about common Azure incident response scenarios you need to prepare for, how identity and privilege escalation work in Azure, how Active Directory and Entra ID expose new risks and what security teams need
AWS Multi-Account Security: What Netflix Learned
🚀 How do you secure thousands of AWS accounts without slowing down developers? Netflix’s cloud security experts Patrick Sanders & Joseph Kjar join us to break down their identity-first security model and share lessons from scaling security across a massive AWS multi-account environment.In this episode, we cover:Why identity, not network, is the best security boundaryThe challenges of least pri
Cloud Security Detection & Response Strategies That Actually Work
We spoke to Will Bengtson (VP of Security Operations at HashiCorp) bout the realities of cloud incident response and detection. From root credentials to event-based threats, this conversation dives deep into:
Why cloud security is NOT like on-prem – and how that affects incident response
How attackers exploit APIs in seconds (yes, seconds—not hours!)
The secret to building a cloud detection pr
CISO Challenges Across Industries
In this episode, we sit down with Sunil Rane, an experienced cybersecurity leader with over 20 years in cybersecurity across industries like healthcare, education, media, and consulting. Sunil shares unique insights into the diverse challenges faced by CISOs, from managing data sensitivity in healthcare to the lack of standardized frameworks in media, how to balance data availability and security
Why Solving the Data Problem is Key to Cloud Security?
In this episode we’re joined by Francis Odum, founder and lead research analyst at Software Analyst Cyber Research. Drawing from his extensive research and conversations with CISOs, security operators, and vendors, Francis shares his insights on the state of identity security and the rise of non-human identities (NHI) in the cloud, why solving the data problem is critical to reducing false positiv
The economics of cybersecurity and trends
In this episode, host Ashish Rajan spoke to Mike Privette, founder of Return on Security, to explore the landscape of cybersecurity as we look toward 2025. Mike shared his unique insights on the economics of cybersecurity, breaking down industry trends, and discussing how AI is revolutionizing areas like governance, risk, compliance (GRC), and data loss prevention (DLP). They dive into the converg
The Truth About CNAPP and Kubernetes Security
In this episode of the Cloud Security Podcast, host Ashish Rajan speaks to James Berthoty, founder of Latio.Tech and an engineer-driven analyst, for a discussion on cloud security tools. In this episode James breaks down CNAPP and what it really means for engineers, if kubernetes secuity is the new baseline for cloud security and runtime security vs vulnerability management.
Guest Socials: Jam
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 cybersecurity industry. From understanding the challenges of building a cybersecurity startup to the dynamics of security engineering and market trends for 2025. Ross and Ashish explore why the cybersecur
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 this unconventional approach into a cost-efficient and scalable solution, all while maintaining granular controls and network visibility. She shares why centralized VPC endpoints are considered an AW
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 the potential of CADR (Cloud Application Detection and Response), Shauli breaks down the gaps in traditional CSPM tools and how Kubernetes plays a central role in cloud security strategy. The episode
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 compliance intersect to drive innovation in regulated industries like insurance. They spoke about why regulations aren't barriers but frameworks to prevent failure, the human side of engineering and how to
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 Booking.com and other high-scale environments, Kushagra shares insights into scaling IAM across thousands of AWS accounts, creating secure and developer-friendly permission boundaries, and navigating
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 challenges and best practices for scaling cloud security, especially in the complex scenarios of mergers and acquisitions.
Starting with foundational elements like CSPMs and security policies, Prahathe
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