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In the Trenches: Startups EditionABM Without Signals Is Just Spam | How Top Startups Build PipelineOur biggest takeaway after 10 episodes of In The Trenches?GTM isn’t a playbook. It’s messy, non-linear, and full of failures.This episode is a compilation of the most tactical lessons across sales, customer success, product marketing, partnerships, and revops from our first 10 episodes of In The Trenches. Key Chapters00:23 - How to Nail Inbound (n8n’s Playbook)03:05 - How to Do Cold Outreach When Nobody Knows You05:56 - How to Sell to Enterprises Like Meta (Navigating Complex Stakeholders)12:15 - When & How to Build Enterp...
2026-04-1526 min
SuperSOC: Conversations with the People Shaping the Future of Security OperationsThe Intelligence Layer: The Missing Piece Every SOC Has Been Waiting For ft. Raffael Marty (ex-ConnectWise, ArcSight, Splunk)AI is making security operations faster but not necessarily smarter. In this episode, Ahmed Achchak (CEO & Co-founder of Qevlar AI) sits down with Raffael Marty, cybersecurity veteran and early pioneer of SIEM and security analytics, to unpack why SOCs still struggle to understand attacks and what’s been missing all along: a true intelligence layer.You’ll discover:→ Why 20+ years of SIEM and correlation technologies still leave analysts reconstructing attacks manually→ What actually broke in the evolution from early context-rich systems to today’s event-driven detection models→ Why adding “AI on top” of existi...
2026-04-1425 minIn the Trenches: Startups EditionBuilding in Public is Overrated | Hot Takes That Will Change How You Think about GTMMost GTM advice sounds great…until you try to execute it.This episode is a compilation of the spiciest, most controversial takes from our first 10 episodes of In The Trenches. These are the kind of opinions that don’t make it into LinkedIn posts or VC decks.🎧 In this clip show, we break down the ideas that challenge how most people think about building revenue:Why VCs, founders, and operators live in completely different realitiesWhy ABM without signals is just spamWhy RevOps ≠ tooling...and so much more[Key Chapters]00:28...
2026-04-0913 min
NoLimitSecuAutomatisation des investigations du SOC
Episode #536 consacré à l’automatisation des investigations du SOC
Avec Ahmed Achchak de la société Qevlar AI
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2026-03-2238 minSuperSOC: Conversations with the People Shaping the Future of Security OperationsStop Buying Tools, Start Designing Systems: The Architecture Mindset Modern SOCs Need ft. Demetrius Comes @SquarespaceSecurity teams often try to improve their SOC by adding more tools. Mature organizations approach the problem differently: they design systems. The real leverage comes from architecture — how telemetry, detections, identities, and workflows fit together into a coherent operational platform.In this episode, Ahmed Achchak (Co-founder & CEO of Qevlar AI) speaks with Demetrius Comes, VP of Security at Squarespace, about why the biggest operational gaps in security come from poorly designed systems rather than missing alerts. Drawing on his background in engineering and product development, Demetrius explains why SOCs benefit from thinking like architects, not just tool bu...
2026-03-1121 min
Scalable – Startup ChroniclesDaily News - 10 Marzo 2026Nel Daily News di oggi di ScalablePod analizziamo tre storie chiave emerse nelle ultime 24 ore nell’ecosistema startup europeo.Apriamo con Outpost, startup londinese che ha raccolto €15 milioni in Serie A per costruire una piattaforma che consente alle aziende di vendere a livello globale senza dover gestire direttamente responsabilità legali, normative e fiscali nei diversi mercati. L’obiettivo è semplificare il commercio transfrontaliero attraverso un’infrastruttura digitale che gestisce compliance e operatività internazionale. Seconda notizia dalla Francia: Qevlar AI ha raccolto €25,8 milioni per sviluppare un sistema di cybersecurity basato su agenti AI che a...
2026-03-1001 min
PathfoundersQevlar AI raises $30M to bring AI to cybersecurityQevlar AI says it can deploy AI to turn alerts about cybersecurity attacks into data that was previously invisible. Pathfounder’s Mike Butcher speaks to Ahmed Achchak, Qevlar AI Co-Founder and CEO, and Damien Henault, partner with Forgepoint Capital, about how AI is changing cybersecurity.
2026-03-1022 minSuperSOC: Conversations with the People Shaping the Future of Security OperationsAI Readiness in the SOC Exists, But Not the Way You Define It ft. Rafal Kitab @ ConnectWiseMost SOCs say they’re “not ready for AI.” Others rush in, hoping AI will magically fix years of neglected fundamentals.Both approaches aren’t ideal.In this episode, Ahmed Achchak (CEO & Co-founder, Qevlar AI) sits down with Rafal Kitab, Director of SecOps & Incident Response at ConnectWise, to talk about when exactly AI should be added in the SOC.Rafal argues that AI doesn’t fix broken SOCs. It amplifies whatever you already are. If your processes are solid, AI can extend your capacity. If they’re broken, AI just helps you fail faster with...
2026-02-1123 minSuperSOC: Conversations with the People Shaping the Future of Security OperationsSOC Blind Spots: The Threats That Always Get Through and Why You Don’t Detect Them ft. Jai Minton @ HuntressIs your SOC ready for the new era of GenAI attacks?In this episode, Ahmed Achchak sits down with Jai Minton, Senior Manager of Hunt & Response at Huntress, to break down how attackers consistently bypass even “mature” SOCs by abusing legitimate tools, blending into normal behavior, and operating in places defenders rarely monitor closely.This conversation is for SOC leaders who want to understand:→ Which intrusion patterns slip past EDR and SIEM without triggering alerts→ Where telemetry is silently missing, shallow, or unusable when it matters→ Why malware-free attacks are harder...
2026-01-1319 minSuperSOC: Conversations with the People Shaping the Future of Security OperationsThe Realistic Path to Cyber Defense Across IT, OT and Cloud ft. Daniel Kästle @ ex-Mercedes-BenzMost enterprises talk about unifying IT, OT and cloud security, but very few actually pull it off. In this episode, Ahmed has invited Daniel Kästle, former Head of Cyber Defense at Mercedes-Benz, to break down what it really takes to move from three isolated security worlds to a risk-driven cyber defense capability.You’ll discover:→ Why IT, OT and cloud security remain stubbornly siloed, and why the real blockers have nothing to do with tools.→A practical blueprint for building interoperability without chaos, even when threat models and data formats differ wildly.→...
2025-12-0825 min
Hacker Valley StudioCan AI Run Your SOC Better Than You? with Ahmed AchchakWhat if your security team never missed a single alert and actually had time to think strategically?
In this episode, Ahmed Achchak, CEO and Co-Founder of Qevlar AI, reveals how autonomous SOCs are reshaping security operations worldwide. From tackling alert fatigue to empowering analysts with intelligent AI-driven investigations, Ahmed shares the inside story of building a system that can act on threats faster than any human alone. Learn how Qevlar’s innovative approach is giving organizations clarity, control, and measurable ROI while freeing security teams to focus on what truly matters.
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2025-11-1332 minSuperSOC: Conversations with the People Shaping the Future of Security OperationsThe Multi-Tenant Challenge: How MDR Providers Maintain Detection Quality Across Hundreds of Different Environments ft. Beatrice Francon @AtosHow do you guarantee the same investigative depth and accuracy when you’re running security operations for thousands of customers and processing billions of alerts per day?In this episode, Beatrice Francon, Director of MDR Services at Atos, joins Ahmed Achchak (CEO and co-founder of Qevlar AI) to unpack how Atos scales investigative quality across diverse client environments — from critical infrastructure to finance and healthcare — without losing the human context that defines great security operations.You’ll discover:→ Where AI truly adds value in MDR operations today, and where human expertise remains irreplaceable.→ How...
2025-11-1121 min
AI Agents: Top Trend of 2026 - by AIAgentStore.aiQevlar AI: Autonomous SOC Analyst and Threat TriageLearn more about Qevlar on AI Agent Store: https://aiagentstore.ai/ai-agent/qevlar-aiList of AI Agents from Podcast Season 2 (including upcoming episodes): https://aiagentstore.ai/collection/podcast-season-2-vlnpozxvkssyList of AI Agents from Podcast Season 1: https://aiagentstore.ai/collection/podcast-season-1-ucqthuywrwpdSupport the showFind more AI Agents: AI Agent Store.AI agents ecosystem view: https://aiagentstore.ai/ecosystem.Biggest AI agents video collection: https://aiagentstore.ai/video.
2025-11-0804 minSuperSOC: Conversations with the People Shaping the Future of Security OperationsShould SOCs Drop Tiered Models Altogether? ft. Rob van Os @SOC-CMMTier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3 — the hierarchy every SOC grew up with. But as AI takes over triage and investigation, does that model still make sense?In this episode, Ahmed Achchak (CEO and co-founder of Qevlar AI) talks with Rob van Os, Strategic SOC Advisor and creator of the SOC-CMM framework — one of the most widely adopted models for assessing and improving SOC maturity worldwide.Together, they unpack whether modern AI-driven operations make the tiered model obsolete, how skills-based SOCs are emerging, and what this shift means for talent, economics, and trust in AI-assisted decisions.You’...
2025-10-1322 minSuperSOC: Conversations with the People Shaping the Future of Security OperationsShifting Detection Left In the Kill Chain. How AI Can Reduce False Negatives ft. Shane Shook @Forgepoint CapitalIn this episode, Ahmed Achchak (CEO & co-founder of Qevlar AI) invited Shane Shook, Venture Partner at Forgepoint Capital and longtime advisor to top security startups, to explore why false negatives (not false positives) are still the SOC’s most dangerous blind spot.Shane shares insights from 30+ years in incident response and threat detection on where organizations miss early signals, why overtuning rules makes things worse, and how AI can finally shift detection left without overwhelming analysts.You’ll discover:→ Why most SOCs miss early-stage delivery attacks, and why “t...
2025-09-1020 minSuperSOC: Conversations with the People Shaping the Future of Security OperationsThe MSSP vs. Enterprise Divide: How Autonomous AI Changes the SOC Service Model ft. Erik Bloch @illumioIn this episode, Ahmed Achchak (CEO & co-founder of Qevlar AI) sits down with Erik Bloch, VP of Security at illumio and former SOC leader at Salesforce and Atlassian, to explore how AI is blurring the traditional divide between MSSP and enterprise SOCs.Erik breaks down why MSSPs operate like standardized, metric-driven service products, while enterprise SOCs remain bespoke, and how autonomous AI might flip the script.You’ll discover:→ Why AI fits naturally into MSSP workflows but struggles in enterprise SOCs (and what is needed to fix it for maximum results)→ What M...
2025-08-1221 minSuperSOC: Conversations with the People Shaping the Future of Security OperationsMaking AI Useful in the SOC: Data, Metrics & Human Skills ft. Dr. Anton Chuvakin @Google CloudAI promises to transform security operations but how much of that is actually happening today? In this episode, Ahmed Achchak (CEO of Qevlar AI) talks with Dr. Anton Chuvakin, Security Advisor at Office of the CISO at Google Cloud, to explore the real, measurable ways AI can improve your SOC and the hard limits many organizations overlook.You’ll discover:Where AI reliably adds value in security operations today and where it doesn’t.Why poor data, not weak models, is the biggest blocker to AI success in SOCs.The key metrics and KPIs that matter when...
2025-07-1516 minSuperSOC: Conversations with the People Shaping the Future of Security OperationsFrom Playbooks to Agents: Rethinking Automation in the SOC with Filip StojkovskiMost “AI-powered” security tools are just brittle automation wearing a fancy badge. In this episode, Qevlar AI CEO Ahmed Achchak sits down with cybersecurity automation expert Filip Stojkovski to ask the hard questions:Why are L1/L2 workflows still broken?What separates true AI agents from glorified SOAR playbooks?And how can you actually measure whether AI is making smart decisions or just moving faster?They break down the limits of traditional automation, expose “AI SOC” vendor red flags, and map a real path toward autonomous, human-aligned security operations.Agenda:
2025-06-1119 min
Cyber BriefingApril 11, 2025 - Cyber Briefing👉 What are the latest cybersecurity alerts, incidents, and news?🚨 #CyberAlertsResearchers Bypass Windows Defender Using XOR Encryption and System CallsSource: HackmosphereOttoKit Flaw Lets Attackers Create Admin Accounts and Take Over WordPress SitesSource: István Márton via WordfenceMalicious npm Package Hijacks Crypto Wallets Through Address ManipulationSource: Lucija Valentić via ReversingLabsJenkins Docker Images Vulnerability Lets Hackers Intercept Network TrafficSource: JenkinsCISA Adds Critical Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities to Known Exploited CatalogSource...
2025-04-1110 min
The Lakewood Ave PodcastMamba Out... Episode 82REST IN PEACE KOBE AND GIGI BRYANT. PEACE AND PRAYER TO ALL THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS...
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