EP 479 | MAY 20, 2024

Solar Storm Survival; Cisco’s Sinking Revenue Doesn’t Dampen Wall Street

We discuss Palo Alto buying the SaaS version of the QRadar SIEM from IBM, LogRhythm merging Exabeam, and Google’s latest AI chip. Plus, we cover the recent solar storm, Cisco’s Q4 outlook, restricts on US tech to China and much more. | LISTEN NOW

EP 072 | MAY 21, 2024

Making Distributed Work Successful

Don’t call it remote work. Today Johna and Greg dive into distributed work– the future where there is no office vs. remote, there are just asynchronistic workers and their computer screens. Leaders have to move beyond “management by walking around” or “onboarding by shadowing.” They need to carefully select their ecosystem of tools (and tools that connect those tools), as well as their approach to productivity, community interaction, and visual design. And no, the solution is not to just have more video meetings. | LISTEN NOW

EP 015 | MAY 21, 2024

Zero Trust Architecture: Because You Can’t Trust Anybody Any More

Zero trust is a buzzword, but what does it actually mean and how will it impact network engineers? Jennifer is here to get us up to speed. First, she gives a general description: It’s a security architectural strategy that’s progressing toward increased observability and trust inferences. Then she breaks it down for the three main use case buckets: User accessing resources; service to service workloads; and device (that you can’t install an agent on) to network. Yes, it has similar concepts to NAC and VPN, but it’s more nimble and granular. And it lives mostly up on the application layer. Stay tuned til the end for her analogy that brings it all home for network engineers. | LISTEN NOW

EP 243 | MAY 22, 2024

Your Kubernetes Clusters are Showing

There are about 1.4 million Kubernetes clusters just sitting out there on the public internet as we speak. That is 1.4 million lateral-movement rich, highly privileged environments. The bearer of this anxiety-provoking news is today’s guest, Lee Briggs. Lee explains why major cloud providers make this the default option– ease of use. The good news is that now, at least for AKS and EKS, bringing your Kubernetes clusters into a private network is also easy. We discuss the best ways to secure your Kubernetes clusters. Plus we talk about why everyone hates VPNs and the brighter future ahead for access control. | LISTEN NOW

EP 056 | MAY 23, 2024

Kubernetes Turns 10: A Look at the Past and Future

Kubernetes turns ten years old this summer. We take the opportunity to look at where it’s been and where it’s going. While many other open source projects folded over time, Kubernetes took the world by storm with the support of diverse entities including CNCF, Microsoft, AWS, Google, RedHat, and individual contributors. Moving forward, we predict Kubernetes will become more like an API– something that engineers use to create value and solve problems, rather than spending as much time on the underlying system. Plus we give our outlook on the future of the platform engineering profession. | LISTEN NOW

EP 735 | MAY 24, 2024

Managing OT Networks

The variety and number of OT devices continue to grow at such a pace that network engineers really need to think through how to manage them as part of their broader network. Dan Massameno joins the show to talk about how he’s collaborating with his facilities department and using SD-Access to manage the OT virtual network on Yale’s campus. He explains the challenges of dealing with static IPs, the super chatty BACnet/IP protocol, and all the odd little behaviors unique to different OTs. We dig into the details: The role LISP plays in SD-Access, how he pairs Cisco SD-Access with Palo Alto firewalls, and the type of router he uses for places like boiler rooms and unheated spaces. | LISTEN NOW