About
This bio was provided during this employee's time at ExtraHop and does not reflect any current positions or experience.
About Eric
Eric Thomas serves as Director of Cloud Products for IT analytics company ExtraHop. Prior to taking this role, Eric led the ExtraHop professional services team, and draws on over 20 years of experience in IT operations.
Before joining ExtraHop, Eric performed a variety of operational roles, most recently as director of advanced engineering for Thomson Reuters, where he led a team of performance and availability specialists, supporting over 200 applications representing $2B in annual revenue. His prior experience includes enterprise IT management, SaaS production operations, and next-generation technology advocacy.
Posts
12.18.18
Here's the Deal With AWS Outposts
At re:Invent 2018, Amazon Web Services' annual user conference, AWS announced AWS Outposts—both its answer to Microsoft Azure Stack and its first entry into the enterprise data center. This post will tell you why Outposts is such a major step for AWS and its ability to win over enterprise customers.
Eric Thomas
11.27.18
The Trouble with Native Cloud Security
Public cloud vendors have no choice but to take security seriously - but even the Big Two (AWS and Azure) are still cloud vendors, not security vendors. Here's a breakdown of what cloud-native security really means for the consumer according to the Shared Responsibility Model.
Eric Thomas
10.24.18
Securing the Cloud: Top Threats
What are the biggest dangers you'll face when you move to the public cloud? Learn the top cloud threats according to Cybersecurity Insiders' 2018 survey.
Eric Thomas
10.18.18
Securing the Cloud: The Team of No
So you want to migrate to the public cloud, but SecOps is saying no. The first step towards solving the security challenges unique to the public cloud is understanding why exactly security teams often pump the brakes on cloud migration.
Eric Thomas
9.25.18
Azure Secures the Enterprise with Virtual Network TAP
Microsoft's Virtual Network TAP is a gamechanger for enterprise cloud customers, especially with the release of ExtraHop Reveal(x) for Azure. Learn why the vTAP secures Azure the enterprise, and why network traffic analysis with Reveal(x) is a critical source of security intelligence in the cloud.
Eric Thomas
7.12.18
Getting Safe, Smart & Secure on S3
Ever wonder what unicorns and Amazon S3 buckets have in common? ExtraHop's Cloud Security expert, Eric Thomas, explains in this opinion piece in Dark Reading.
Eric Thomas
6.19.18
AWS S3 Security Breaches: Lessons in the New Shadow IT
Almost 70% of exposed records in 2017 were due to misconfigurations in services like Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3). Here's how to be smart and secure on S3.
Eric Thomas
5.1.18
Clouded Judgment Part 3: Public Cloud Adoption
This week on Clouded Judgment, Eric talks about the state of public cloud adoption in the enterprise, how organizations can best take advantage of next-generation infrastructure, and the capabilities and shortcomings of cloud provider tooling.
Eric Thomas
4.13.18
Clouded Judgment Part 2: Judgment Day
This week on Clouded Judgment, learn about the economics of cloud migration with resident expert Eric Thomas.
Eric Thomas
4.6.18
Clouded Judgment: Part 1
You've got questions, we've got answers; learn more about the basics and best practices for cloud migration from resident expert Eric Thomas.
Eric Thomas
6.23.17
The 5 Stages of Security Grief
Heard of the 5 stages of grief? Learn how security pros cope with breaches.
Eric Thomas
4.22.16
TCP Analysis: Where the Network Meets the Application, Part 2
Learn how you can analyze and visualize TCP metrics (such as Zero Windows, aborts and throttling) to gain full visibility of your applications.
Eric Thomas
4.22.16
TCP Analysis: Where the Network Meets the Application, Part 2
Learn how you can analyze and visualize TCP metrics (such as Zero Windows, aborts and throttling) to gain full visibility of your applications.
Eric Thomas