The ONUG Podcast: Recent Episodes
Mark Tierney
Join host Mark Tierney, ONUG CTO, as he engages with technology and business leaders and digs into the technology underpinnings that are driving today's Enterprise. From Enterprise Multi-Cloud technology trends, to security issues, governance and automation, The ONUG Podcast presents independent analysis, fun banter and insightful perspectives.
In this episode, we discuss perhaps the most prevalent theme, meme, buzz phrase currently operating in the cyber world – that of the Zero Trust phenomenon and how it can be used to mitigate the potential nasty effects of that old nemesis of ours – the Zero Day attack.
Zero Day is something that is still very much alive and kicking, and we believe, can be effectively countered using an approach that we first articulated at ONUG Spring 2023 in Dallas, continued within our ONUG.net Cloud Native Security series of blogs, and we are bringing forward again in this podcast.
- Why Zero Day still matters
- How do Zero Trust principles best position you to thwart Zero Day attacks?
- Learn about playbooks
On today's episode, we confront one of the most menacing adversaries in the digital landscape: ransomware. As the frequency and sophistication of ransomware attacks continue to rise, wreaking havoc on individuals, organizations and even nations, it's crucial to understand the inner workings of this insidious malware. Mark discusses the topic in depth with Michael Thomas Clark, Co-Chair of ONUG's Cloud Native Security Working Group. You will learn about the growth of ransomware, one of the industry's best mitigation strategies and where you can find guidance so your enterprise can strategize effectively.
Integrating public and private networking has become a top priority for enterprises as they seek to optimize their network infrastructure and adapt to the evolving digital landscape. But, this integration journey is not without its challenges. Mark is joined by AWS industry experts Nick Coval, Principal GTM Specialist & Global Connectivity, and Seejo Sebastine, Global Head, Connectivity & Business Development, to get a broader understanding of attacking these challenges.
Leaders ONUG's Hyperautomation Working Group gather to discuss the value of implementing hyperautomation functionality into your enterprise. Join Brian Silverman - Sr. Architect, Network and Cloud at McKesson, Dale Smith Founder & CMO, Orchestral, Ken Patel - Associate Fellow, Verizon Business Group and Mark Tierney, ONUG's CTO and get a first account of the ONUG Hyperautomation Guide to Success. In this episode, you'll learn about the role AI/ML should play in your automation strategy, including how organizational culture can help (or hurt) your goals. You will also be challenged to think outside the box on how Hyperautomation is not just about being faster or more efficient at the things you're doing today...Rather, how you can accomplish amazing new potential in ways never before considered.
Learn more in the Hyperautomtion Success Guide: https://onug.net/working-groups/hyperautomation/#publications
Mark sits down with Dave Copps, CEO and Founder of Worlds. Dave is the quintessential pioneer in AI solutions and was E&Y's Entrepreneur of the Year for 2022. Check out this discussion and you'll get the most realistic view of the value and the risk with AI. You will also get incredible insights into how enterprises are envisioning the use of AI in conjunction with the 4D metaverse to enable everything from data center, lab room or shop room operations, as well as improving the supply chain.
Mark welcomes ONUG Service Provider CTO, Stephen Collins to the ONUG Podcast to discuss the new opportunities presented by private 5G solutions. In this episode, you'll learn how the enterprise can benefit from enhanced performance and security, as well as new capabilities the 5G uniquely provides.
Mark speaks with Denis Mandich, CTO & Co-Founder of Qrypt, and former member of the intelligence community about the current threat profile presented by quantum computing. You will learn that there is a BIG disconnect between what you're hearing from mainstream sources regarding encryption risk versus what Enterprises will actually face in the very near future!
You'll also get an update on how nation states are preparing...the good and the bad, as well as what you can do to position your enterprise to face the coming risk of Quantum by using Quantum Safe Standards.
Mark and Nick hit the highlights of ONUG Spring 2023. Learn about the sessions they're excited about that address the convergence of netops and secops. And about the DevSecOps track that was created by Alex Shulman-Peleg and James Wickett. Get your ticket to ONUG Spring here: https://onug.net/spring-2023/
The ONUG Collaborative is purpose built for Enterprises to work side by side with industry peers (both consumers and suppliers), to drive the tech industry where it NEEDS to go. You can skate to where you THINK the puck is going.. or you can already know. Listen to this Podcast and you’ll get the latest updates on the ONUG Collaborative.Learn more about the ONUG Collaborative: https://onug.net/collaborative/
We interview Tim Hinrichs, Co Founder and CTO at Styra (the creators and maintainers of Open Policy Agent (OPA)). Listen as Tim explains:1. The problem enterprises face with policy mgmt. 2. What is the state of Policy as code today. 3. How the industry and Open Source solve problems for the Enterprise. 4 What is the role of OPA in problem solving. 5. What’s missing or what are the gaps in Policy management today?Learn more at www.onug.net
In this podcast, we will explore the new age of networking in today's hybrid multi-cloud environment. With the growing complexity of cloud computing and the rise of hybrid multi-cloud architectures, has the role of network teams become more critical than before? Has the network team, in essence, been given the "keys to the kingdom," not simply for network infrastructure but other cloud infrastructure as well? Join Nick Lippis and Mark Tierney of ONUG, along with Greg Ferro of Packet Pushers and Johna Till Johnson of Nemertes in this episode of the ONUG Podcast to learn it all.Learn more at www.onug.net.
We all know that Cybercrime costs enterprises and organizations around the world an enormous amount of money – every year. Specifically, cybercrime revenues are currently estimated at $8T annually and counting – that is to say: twice the cost of the total global IT spend!This episode will “follow the money”, as it were, to see where cybercriminals are pulling in their ill-gotten gains, or at least trying to.But we’ll also detail here the less easily calculated costs and overall consequences of cybercrime – those that are reflected in the very real “tax” that cybercrime places on human activity in the technology space by requiring all of us to expend great amounts of energy in identifying and protecting ourselves and our customers from its various impacts.Perhaps a true understanding of these total costs, the full “wages of cybercrime,” will help us better prioritize our cyber-defensive efforts and yield more effective results for all.
What is the playbook when your company or your partner is in crisis? What’s the playbook when your company is in the contagion chain? Or when a group of your suppliers suddenly are out of business...Join Nick Lippis as he garners insight from Andy Brown, CEO of Sand Hill East, LLC, and an experienced thought leader who previously served as Group Chief Technology Officer of UBS, as well as a variety of executive management and leadership roles at a variety of leading banking companies including Bank of America, Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse. Joining as well is James Walker, an ONUG Board Member, VP of Strategy & Transformation at IBM, and previously head of global infrastructure at Bank of America who has spent the vast majority of his career in the banking industry. Andy and James have had operational roles during the 1991, 2001, and 2008 financial crises and have valuable insight to share.
Join Mark Tierney, ONUG CTO, and Raj Nair, Avesha Co-Founder & CEO, as they discuss the future of predictive load balancing. You will learn: 1. The role of AI/ML in the future of load balancing.2. What is reinforcement learning?3. How can you make Predictive Auto-Scaling work for you.
Mark meets with several leaders from ONUG's Policy as Code (PaC) working group to unpack the gaps in today's PaC thinking.You will learn:- How can PaC support your Zero Trust, data protection strategies?- Why it's important that Policy as Code can scale in your Enterprise.- Why you should be thinking about Policy as Code beyond simple implementation practices.Read more here: https://onug.net/blog/predictive-load-balancing-for-cloud-cost-optimization-a-case-for-intelligent-load-balancing/
Mark & Michael discuss the immediate impact of ChatGPT and other emergent AI platforms. You will also learn: 1. What are the employment numbers REALLY showing? 2. Why is it important to have your Zero Day strategies well defined? 3. What is the intersection between Zero Trust and Zero Day attacks?
Mark Tierney is joined by Peter Campbell of Cigna and Michael Thomas Clark of BData to give an update on the ONUG Collaborative Working Groups.Learn more at https://onug.net/collaborative/.
In this episode you will learn:1. The critical balance of People, Process, and Technology in your Hyperautomation Strategy 2. How to pick your first “Win” in Hyperautomation. 3. Why it’s critical to get your Data Science plan in place.
Mark and Raj discuss the critical importance of AI/ML in Hyperautomation deployments. Tune into this episode to learn: 1. The importance of your data strategy to make Hyperautomation successful. 2. How to optimize your costs and sustainability thru Hyperautomation. 3. Kick start your Hyperautomation programs by being laser focused on ROI!
Join Mark Tierney, ONUG CTO, & Arnaldo Zimmerman, Co-Founder & CEO, ZPE Systems, as they continue discussing hyperautomation.
Leaders from ONUG's Network Cloud working group discuss critical network strategies that will affect your company's digital transformation. In this podcast we will be discussing: 1. Evolving connectivity patterns 2. How to address your "security overlay". 3. What is the future of managed network services?
In this episode, Mark talks with Pete Cheslock, Head of Growth and Community at AppMap, about the importance of Observability and why it should move deeper into the mindset of the development community. Listen to this episode to learn: • The importance of driving an Observability mindset towards the developer. • Viewing technical debt from the lens of a dynamically changing workforce. • What does multi-Cloud Observability really mean?
Join Mark Tierney, ONUG CTO, & Vess Bakalov, CEO, Pliant, as they continue discussing hyperautomation.
Join Mark Tierney, ONUG CTO, & Dale Smith, CMO, Orchestral.ai, in this riveting discussion about hyperautomation.
Mark Tierney, ONUG CTO, and James Wickett, Security and Software Engineer @ Verica, discuss the evolution of DevOps in a multi-cloud world. Mark wants to know WHY there's a rush to specialize in DevOps.... James gives answers.
This podcast is the 4th installment of the Network Cloud Working Group’s overview of their recently published Playbook, which tackles many important topics in multi-cloud deployments as well as network agility and elasticity. This episode focuses on the important aspects of security when building your networks and there is so much to learn from these experts.
Download the playbook: https://onug.net/working-groups/network-cloud/
Mark and Nick discuss the critical activities for ONUG this summer, leading up to the Fall Conference. The Challenge of Multi-Cloud adoption, Policy as Code initiative, and where we're going with Cloud Edge
Ken Arora, an active Collaborative Working Group member, tells Mark what Hollywood taught him about Zero Trust!
Mark Tierney, CTO of ONUG, and Mark Hinkle, Founder & CEO of Triggermesh, discuss the critical role that Triggermesh has played in the Cloud Security Notification Framework. They also explore how event-based processing is helping Enterprises everywhere.
Learn more about CSNF: https://onug.net/working-groups/automated-cloud-governance-invitation-only/#publications
The Network Cloud Working Group presents The Power of APIs to Build the Network Cloud
Moderator: Mark Tierney Panelists: Steve Wood of Cisco, William Collins of Alkira & Mike Krygeris of Kentik
Download the Playbook: https://onug.net/working-groups/network-cloud/#publications
Attendees will hear from Conrad Menezes about current enterprise marketplace trends gaining rapid adoption across industry verticals; namely - hybrid work, multi-cloud connectivity, and SD-WAN + Security Service Edge (SSE). Conrad will unravel each of these trends and what it means for you as an enterprise. He will also discuss how the latest market-leading Aruba solutions uniquely stack up to help you stay on top as you navigate your way through each of these trends with simplicity, agility, and flexibility at scale.
Join us for this special episode of the ONUG podcast. Get ready for ONUG Spring 2022 with ONUG co-founder, Nick Lippis, and emcee, Johna Till Johnson.
Enterprise networks are changing at a rapid pace due to the adoption of multi-cloud and edge computing workloads. What does this mean for future network architectures and how should your enterprise be positioning itself for success?
Listen to the second installment of ONUG's Network Cloud Podcast series that all ties back to their recently published playbook, Building the New Network Cloud, available on ONUG.NET.
Learn more about ONUG: https://onug.net/ Download the playbook: https://onug.net/working-groups/network-cloud/#publications
How do you know remote workers are having good performance–a good experience–using the applications they need to get their work done? By default, you don’t. Everyone’s remote networking experience will vary based on factors out of your control.
Solutions that give you insight into what’s happening out there fall under the discipline of Digital Experience Monitoring. Palo Alto Networks has a solution in this space. Their Autonomous Digital Experience Management (ADEM) capability is the topic of today’s episode.
Joining us for our ADEM discussion is Jahnavi Reddy, Senior Product Line Manager at Palo Alto Networks. We discuss: - The need for DEM in a work-from-anywhere world - Getting visibility into every link in the service chain, from endpoint to application - Monitoring SaaS applications and other ADEM use cases - Deploying and operating ADEM - More
Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) is currently one of the fastest growing areas within the field of cloud security; most security vendors are now offering or developing CSPM capabilities. However, enterprises are still trying to build the most effective CSPM program to fit their environment. In many cases, it’s unclear where to start and what the end goal is for the CSPM effort.
ONUG's Network Cloud Working Group explores the meaning of agile, elastic Infrastructure in today's multi-cloud world.
Years after the term was coined by Stephen Paul Marsh in 1994 and popularized by John Kindervag more than a decade ago, Zero Trust has become the “new” security solution that addresses the confluence of today’s three critical factors and the emergence of what amounts to a cyber-war on businesses and governments. Blog author Mark Fishburn dissects Zero Trust along with Marina Segal and Forrest Bennett.
The state of cybersecurity security posturing for the enterprise has come a long way since Operation Aurora. Many improvements have been collectively referred to as Zero Trust by Gartner and others. What does that really mean, what are the implications to your enterprise and what mechanisms are in place to inform us now and in the future? That is the subject of this podcast. You will hear from Mudit Tyagi, Author of the ONUG blog, Zero Trust, The Critical Essence. Mudit is a Technology and Security Architect from F5 Network and is joined by, Forrest Bennett of Fedex, Michael Thomas Clark of ONUG and Mark Tierney of ONUG. Together you will hear the first of a series of ONUG podcasts on Zero Trust. The Why, the What and the How.