This episode explores the intersection of infrastructure automation and security through the lens of the Crowd Strike outage. We’ll discuss the tension between maintaining stable, reliable data center infrastructure and the need to embrace change and innovation.
Recent events like the CrowdStrike outage demonstrate the paradox that infrastructure teams face. We’ll dive into the importance of having multiple control planes and standardized processes that can adapt to rapid industry changes.
We discussed the Amazon outage of December 7. Instead of simply blaming Amazon, we went looking for how the outage impacted people globally. We considered how hyper scalars are being treated and how these outages can be avoided or understood. We focused on who is impacted and what companies who are building on top of Cloud providers can do going forward.
We really took a classic Cloud 2030 approach for a very important and timely topic. Enjoy our discussion about the business impacts, understanding of the market and forward looking approach.
Rob Hirschfeld, CEO and co-founder of RackN and host of the Cloud 2030 Podcast, provides insights on the December 9th discussion regarding the Amazon outage on December 7th. Fresh from the outage’s impact, Hirschfeld highlights the industry’s reliance on cloud providers as utilities and underscores the need to acknowledge their business interests, which may not always align with customer needs during disruptions. He advocates for building resilience both at the provider and consumer levels, emphasizing the importance of understanding and mitigating the risks associated with hyperscale infrastructures. Hirschfeld invites listeners to explore the comprehensive conversation at the2030.cloud, focusing on industry-wide reflections rather than attributing blame to specific providers.
During this 20 minute check-in we dive security and SaaS infrastructure.
Can we protect the secrets that people are trusting to SaaS providers to store for us? The topic was inspired by the Twitch leak where a lot of sensitive information was exposed exposed to the public. That comes on the heels of all sorts of other leaks, compromises and down time on systems.
Overall, it seems like bad news is coming faster and faster for operators. The fundamental question is NOT can we trust a SaaS provider to secure information. We know the answer is NO. But what to do about it?
