Making the Cloud More Secure with Mark Nunnikhoven

Published: Sept. 10, 2020, 10 a.m.

Mark Nunnikhoven is the Vice President of Cloud Research at Trend Micro, a cybersecurity firm. He\u2019s also an AWS Community Hero. Mark brings more than 20 years of IT experience to his current role. Over the years, he\u2019s served as a network security specialist, a principal engineer, and a senior research scientist, among other positions.\n\nJoin Corey and Mark as they talk about the ever-evolving nature of cybersecurity, what it was like for Mark to work for the Canadian government on nation state-level security stuff for a decade, what\u2019s nice about working on the research side of things vs. the product side, why Mark is focused on cloud cybersecurity today, why the two worst words in the AWS IAM console are \u201cfull access,\u201d the struggle of \u201cnerd me\u201d vs. \u201cI\u2019ve-seen-some-things me,\u201d what it\u2019s like to be a \u201cvolunteer\u201d for a trillion-dollar company, why Mark participates in the AWS Community Heroes program, how difficult it is to name a company, service, or program, and more.