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
