Cloud Security Today
Hosted by Matthew Chiodi
Monthly-ish conversations on the how of cloud security and cyber leadership, hosted by the former Unit 42 cloud threat lead.
- Level
- Practitioner, assumes you work in or study security
- Status
- Active, last episode
- Who's behind it
- Independent, Matthew Chiodi sourceHost is Chief Strategy Officer at Cerby; Cerby's CEO has been a guest twice.
- Last verified
- Transcripts for some episodes
Listed underCloud securityCISO and leadership
Editorial take
A calm, leadership-leaning cloud security interview show. Matthew Chiodi led Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 cloud threat team and was part of RedLock before its acquisition, and his early episodes on cloud identity misconfigurations, SaaS sprawl, and what actually works in cloud security reflect that background. Episodes run 35 to 55 minutes, roughly monthly. Standouts include Prowler creator Toni De La Fuente and a Microsoft 365 incident responder walking through real cases. Since 2024 the show has drifted toward CISO careers, boards, and AI agents, so it is less cloud-specific than the name says. Chiodi is an executive at Cerby, and Cerby's CEO has appeared twice.
Last hand-checked 2026-09-30, Topic mix has shifted from cloud toward leadership and AI agents since 2024.
Listen if you …
- lead or aspire to lead a cloud security program and want strategy more than tooling
- want unhurried monthly interviews rather than a weekly firehose
- care about cloud identity and SaaS security risk
Skip if you …
- you want technical cloud walkthroughs, recent episodes are mostly leadership and careers
- you need a reliable schedule, gaps of two months happen
Start with these 3 episodes
- 01
Iron Maiden and cloud security
· 46 min · Beginner
The creator of Prowler, a widely used open source cloud scanner, on his path into cloud security.
- 02
Zombie identities: the hidden threat in your cloud
· 40 min · Practitioner
Representative of the show's cloud core: unused identities and permissions as the real cloud attack surface.
- 03
Microsoft 365 incident response
· 55 min · Practitioner
A working M365 incident responder at a large financial firm on what investigations actually look like.
About the show
Cloud Security Today is an independent podcast hosted by Matthew Chiodi, launched in March 2021. Chiodi previously led the Unit 42 Cloud Threat team at Palo Alto Networks and is now Chief Strategy Officer at Cerby.
The show describes itself as focused on the how of cybersecurity rather than news. Episodes are single-guest interviews with CISOs, cloud security leaders, researchers, and authors on cloud and SaaS security, identity, incident response, and security leadership.
Notable guests
- John Kindervag
- Toni De La Fuente
- Sandy Bird
- Chris Hughes
- Nicole Dove
- Ken Huang
- Swathi Joshi
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