EP167 Stolen Cards and Fake Accounts: Defending Google Cloud Against Abuse

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Guest:

• Maria Riaz, Cloud Counter-Abuse, Engineering Lead, Google Cloud

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Topics covered:

• What is “counter abuse”? Is this the same as security?
• What does counter-abuse look like for GCP?
• What are the popular abuse types we face? 
• Do people use stolen cards to get accounts to then violate the terms with?
• How do we deal with this, generally?
• Beyond core technical skills, what are some of the relevant competencies for working in this space that would appeal to a diverse set of audience?
• You have worked in academia and industry. What similarities or differences have you observed?

Resources:

• Video
• EP165 Your Cloud Is Not a Pet - Decoding 'Shifting Left' for Cloud Security
• P161 Cloud Compliance: A Lawyer - Turned Technologist! - Perspective on Navigating the Cloud
• “Art of War” by Sun Tzu
• “Dare to Lead” by Brene Brown
• "Multipliers" by Liz Wiseman