In this episode of the Virtual Coffee with Ashish edition, we spoke with Kat Traxler (Kat's Linkedin) about the skillset, certification and knowledge base required to become a cloud security architect in 2023. 

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Host Twitter: Ashish Rajan (@hashishrajan)

Guest Twitter:   Kat Traxler (Kat's Linkedin)

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Spotify TimeStamp for Interview Questions

(00:00) Ashish's Intro to the Episode

(02:28) https://snyk.io/csp

(02:46) A bit about Kat 

(05:35) What does a security architect do?

(06:46 )The difference in the Cloud Security Architect role

(11:08) The building blocks of building an application in AWS

(13:41) Are there DMZs in Cloud Architecture?

(15:54) Cybercriminal and Cloud exploitation 

(19:04) How to keep with rapid changes in cloud?

(20:08) AWS pre:invent update

(21:39) Why is IAM important in Cloud?

(25:03) Do cloud security architects need to know coding and automation?

(27:38) How important are certifications?

(31:49) Getting in cloud security with no experience

(33:41) What are important skills for architect?

(35:33) SANS certifications for Cloud Security Architects

(37:04) How important is ist to have multi cloud knowledge

(40:44) Frameworks to build cloud architecture 

(42:59) Do you need to know software development?

(44:19) Roadmap to become a cloud security architect

(45:32) What is the most difficult thing related to architecture?

(49:32) The Fun Section