Detection Engineering Tutorial: Cloud Security, Kubernetes Logging & SOC Career Path

About this episode

JB shares insights on detection engineering, cloud security, and building a career in cybersecurity.

In this episode of Simply Defensive, we sit down with JB, a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer working in detection engineering. JB shares his journey from SOC analyst to detection engineer, diving deep into the challenges of cloud-native security, Kubernetes logging, and building a sustainable career in cybersecurity. What We Cover: What detection engineering actually means in 2025 Working with dual-cloud environments (AWS + GCP) The challenges of Kubernetes logging and ephemeral containers SANS FOR508 (Digital Forensics and Threat Hunting) experience How to avoid burnout in InfoSec Building a SOC career: What do entry-level analysts really need to know? Work-life balance with kids and an ambitious security career DefCon stories and the Octopus Games competition Resources & Links Mentioned: Live Overflow's Hextree.io learning platform: https://hextree.io SANS FOR508 (GCFA): https://www.sans.org/cyber-security-courses/advanced-incident-response-threat-hunting-training/ Marcus Hutchins (MalwareTech) on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/malwaretech/ Graham Helton's Kubernetes security work: https://www.linkedin.com/in/grahamhelton3/ Simply Defensive Podcast…

People in this episode

Guest: JB

Topics covered

• detection engineering
• cloud security
• Kubernetes logging
• SOC career path
• cybersecurity challenges
• work-life balance

Keywords

• detection engineering
• cloud-native security
• Kubernetes logging
• SOC analyst
• cybersecurity career
• burnout in InfoSec
• entry-level analysts
• DefCon
• ephemeral containers

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Simply Cyber Media Group, SANS, Live Overflow, Marcus Hutchins, Graham Helton

Products: Hextree.io, SANS FOR508

Books & works: Simply Defensive Podcast

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