Punching Above Your Weight: How DroneDeploy Turns Security into a Deal Closer | Episode 206

About this episode

Joseph Menti discusses DroneDeploy's innovative approach to cloud security and how it enhances business effectiveness.

In this compelling episode of SADA's Cloud and Clear podcast, we go "Beyond the Benchmark" with Joseph Menti, Senior Director of DevOps, Security, and IT Operations at DroneDeploy. Join host John Giglio, SADA's Director of Cloud Security, as we explore DroneDeploy's sophisticated and proactive approach to cloud security. DroneDeploy is a leader in reality capture, providing "superpowers" to industries like construction, agriculture, and solar with accurate mapping and analysis. Discover the unique security challenges of handling vast amounts of sensitive imagery and 3D model data. Joseph shares how DroneDeploy navigated their transition from co-located data centers to a predominantly Google Cloud Platform (GCP) environment, highlighting the immense capabilities of cloud tools for physical data security, access management, anomaly detection, and more. Learn about DroneDeploy's philosophy of "punching above their weight" – maximizing a small team's effectiveness through strategic technology adoption, like Security Command Center for asset inventory, and implementing Infrastructure as Code. The discussion also emphasizes the critical value of third-party security assessments, which…

People in this episode

Guest: Joseph Menti

Topics covered

• cloud security
• DevOps
• technology adoption
• data management

Keywords

• DroneDeploy
• Google Cloud Platform
• Infrastructure as Code
• Security Command Center

Mentioned in this episode

Products: DroneDeploy, Google Cloud Platform, Security Command Center

Books & works: Punching Above Your Weight, Beyond the Benchmark

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