In S2 E7 of What The Hack, we hear about what can go wrong in the cloud. Our confession this week covers cloud misconfigurations and our guests - Petra Vukmirovic of Numan and cyber security journalist Danny Palmer - discuss how to improve cloud security processes and to support your team.

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What The Hack is hosted by Rayna Stamboliyska and this episode's special guests are Petra Vukmirovic and Danny Palmer.

Petra Vukmirovic is a technology enthusiast, leader, public speaker, ex-emergency medicine doctor, competitive athlete in volleyball and ex-sports scholar. In her career, she has led and directed teams around software and security, including roles at Job & Talent, Zava and now Numan, as well as contributing to OWASP on threat modelling. Prior to joining the cyber security industry, she worked as an emergency doctor providing frontline healthcare.

Danny Palmer is an experienced, award-winning cybersecurity writer, reporter and editor. He has worked in journalism and editorial for over 15 years and spent over a decade covering cybersecurity and the impact it has on people, businesses and society. His goal is to make complex issues around cyber security, regulation and technology simpler to understand.

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S2 E7: Cloud Misconfigurations at Scale