# Zack Allen

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EP149 Canned Detections: From Educational Samples to Production-Ready Code

Guests: John Stoner, Principal Security Strategist, Google Cloud Security Dave Herrald, Head of Adopt Engineering, Google Cloud Security Topics: In your experience, past and present, what would make clients trust vendor detection content? Regarding "canned", default or "out-of-…

The Babylon 5 Movies, Ranked | Essential Babylon 5

Welcome, BABYLON 5 fans, to a new Intergalactic podcast series, ESSENTIAL BABYLON 5. Scott McFarland, host of the Grey 17 podcast, joins Mike to celebrate and rank the Babylon 5 movies, including The Gathering, In the Beginning, Thirdspace, River of Souls, A Call to Arms, The Lost Tales, Legend of …

EP181 Detection Engineering Deep Dive: From Career Paths to Scaling SOC Teams

Guest: Zack Allen, Senior Director of Detection & Research @ Datadog, creator of Detection Engineering Weekly Topics: What are the biggest challenges facing detection engineers today? What do you tell people who want to consume detections and not engineer them? What advice wou…

#142 - Threat detection & research with Zack Allen, Security Detection & Research Leader at Datadog

On this episode of The Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast we talk threat detection & research with Zack Allen, Security Detection & Research Leader at Datadog. Zack is a seasoned security research, engineering, and product leader with over a decade of experience in building organizations that create i…

I Interviewed My Boss: Why Did He Hire me? with Zack Allen | EP. 5

This episode covers a conversation between my boss and I. We discussed his journey to becoming the Director of Security Detection & Research at Datadog and why he hired me to work on his team. 👉🏽CONNECT WITH ZACK on LinkedIn. _____________🧬 EPISODE RESOURCES:🔹 RITSEC Website🔹 RITSEC YouTube🔹 Secret…

Habits of High-Performing Detection Engineers feat. Zack 'techy' Allen

In this episode, host Alex Hurtado welcomes Zack Allen, the creator of Detection Engineering Weekly and Sr. Director of Security Detection & Research, to explore the traits of high-performing detection engineers. Discover why having "T-shaped" skills (deep knowledge in one area while maintaining br…

This Is An ABSOLUTE STEAL For The Mets... Ft. GIRAFFE NECK MARC... | Daily Mets News & Rumors

Jake Brown and guest Mark Luino deliver a comprehensive New York Mets update as of late July 2025. This video analyzes the Mets' bullpen needs heading into the trade deadline and discusses potential reliever acquisitions. Key trade insights focus on pitchers like Mel Kelly and Zack Allen as rental …

From Epstein to Notepad++: Redactions, Zero-Days and Supply Chain Attacks

(Presented by Thinkst Canary: Most Companies find out way too late that they’ve been breached. Thinkst Canary changes this. Deploy Canaries and Canarytokens in minutes and then forget about them. Attackers tip their hand by touching ’em giving you the one alert, when it matters. With zero admin ove…

#142 - Threat detection & research with Zack Allen, Security Detection & Research Leader at Datadog

On this episode of The Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast we talk threat detection & research with Zack Allen, Security Detection & Research Leader at Datadog. Zack is a seasoned security research, engineering, and product leader with over a decade of experience in building organizations that create i…

#11 - The Adversary Toolbox: WinRM + PowerShell Remoting. Plus Zack Allen, Director of Security Detection & Research at Datadog.

In this episode of the Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast, Matt Bromiley opens up the Adversary Toolbox to tell us all about WinRM + PowerShell Remoting. We also sit down with Zack Allen, Director of Security Detection & Research at Datadog, about managing uncertainty, some of his favorite tools, and …