--- title: "Azure: Less a Cloud Than Performance Art" id: "13105" type: "podcast" slug: "azure-less-a-cloud-than-performance-art" published_at: "2022-10-20T10:00:00+00:00" modified_at: "2026-08-20T05:30:24+00:00" url: "https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/azure-less-a-cloud-than-performance-art/" markdown_url: "https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/azure-less-a-cloud-than-performance-art.md" taxonomy_shows: - "Last Week In AWS Podcast" --- About the Author Corey is the Chief Cloud Economist at Duckbill, where he specializes in helping companies improve their AWS bills by making them smaller and less horrifying. He also hosts the "Screaming in the Cloud" and "AWS Morning Brief" podcasts; and curates "Last Week in AWS," a weekly newsletter summarizing the latest in AWS news, blogs, and tools, sprinkled with snark and thoughtful analysis in roughly equal measure. [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aws-morning-brief/id1466344305](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aws-morning-brief/id1466344305) [https://overcast.fm/itunes1466344305/aws-morning-brief](https://overcast.fm/itunes1466344305/aws-morning-brief) [https://pca.st/AKs0](https://pca.st/AKs0) [https://podcastaddict.com/podcast/2382583](https://podcastaddict.com/podcast/2382583) [https://open.spotify.com/show/3A04JNrNAcZMvn8cvDWpWU](https://open.spotify.com/show/3A04JNrNAcZMvn8cvDWpWU) [https://feeds.transistor.fm/aws-morning-brief](https://feeds.transistor.fm/aws-morning-brief) ## Episode Summary Last week in security news: Datadog has an report out on the The State of AWS Security, yet another Azure vulnerability, the Tool of the week, and more! ## Episode Show Notes & Transcript **Links:** - A walkthrough that takes us on a whirlwind tour of [AWS Secrets Manager and the principle of least-privilege](https://codescene.com/engineering-blog/aws-secrets-manager-and-the-principle-of-least-privilege) . - [Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes privilege escalation](https://www.cloudvulndb.org/cve-2022-37968) vulnerability - Datadog has an report out on the [The State of AWS Security](https://www.datadoghq.com/state-of-aws-security/) - [Simplifying serverless permissions with AWS SAM Connectors](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/simplifying-serverless-permissions-with-aws-sam-connectors/) - Tool of the week: [trailscraper](https://github.com/flosell/trailscraper) gets signal from noise when it comes to CloudTrail logs. View Full Transcript Hide Full Transcript ## You might also like [More Podcast Episodes](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/) ### [The Cost of Prime Day](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/the-cost-of-prime-day/) Last Week In AWS Podcast 10.12.2026 5 Minutes [Listen Now](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/the-cost-of-prime-day/) ### [Your Database Is a Data Lake Now, Apparently](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/your-database-is-a-data-lake-now-apparently/) Last Week In AWS Podcast 10.05.2026 6 Minutes [Listen Now](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/your-database-is-a-data-lake-now-apparently/) ### [The Week AWS Was Wrong, Not Broken](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/the-week-aws-was-wrong-not-broken/) Last Week In AWS Podcast 09.28.2026 6 Minutes [Listen Now](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/the-week-aws-was-wrong-not-broken/)