Making the Cloud More Secure with Mark Nunnikhoven
Mark Nunnikhoven is the Vice President of Cloud Research at Trend Micro, a cybersecurity firm. He’s also an AWS Community Hero. Mark brings more than 20 years of IT experience to his current role. Over the years, he’s served as a network security specialist, a principal engineer, and a senior research scientist, among other positions. Join Corey and Mark as they talk about the ever-evolving nature of cybersecurity, what it was like for Mark to work for the Canadian government on nation state-level security stuff for a decade, what’s nice about working on the research side of things vs. the product side, why Mark is focused on cloud cybersecurity today, why the two worst words in the AWS IAM console are “full access,” the struggle of “nerd me” vs. “I’ve-seen-some-things me,” what it’s like to be a “volunteer” for a trillion-dollar company, why Mark participates in the AWS Community Heroes program, how difficult it is to name a company, service, or program, and more.