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Visibility Through the Clouds with Network Flow Logs

·36 min·3 clips
Tim Schimel reveals how lunch with an astronaut shaped his work on insider threat investigations.
This episode explores how cloud flow logs enhance cyber situational awareness in cloud infrastructure, featuring SEI experts Tim Schimel and Ikem Mokafo. They discuss key differences from on-premises monitoring, cost and usability challenges, and open-source tools for optimizing log analysis. The conversation covers practical tips for getting started and future advancements in cloud security.

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Cloud flow logs are presented as a proactive monitoring habit, not a cleanup step after trouble starts.

The episode treats cloud flow logs as something teams should look at before an incident, not after one. It works best when it moves from the shared security model into the plain question of what to watch and how to begin collecting logs.

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You want to make cloud flow logs a proactive monitoring habit before the next incident.

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