From Playbooks to Agents: Rethinking Automation in the SOC with Filip Stojkovski

Most SOCs today are still built around the same assumption: wait for an alert, investigate it, move to the next one. But what happens when AI becomes capable of doing much more than alert triage? In this episode, Ahmed Achchak (CEO & Co-founder of Qevlar AI) sits down with Rob van Os, Strategic SOC Advisor at SOC-CMM, to discuss what comes after the alert-centric SOC and why the future of security operations may be driven by continuous situational awareness rather than reactive investigat...

Mythos may be the biggest cybersecurity AI announcement we’ve seen so far but is it actually a revolution for attackers, or just another overhyped AI moment? In this episode, Ahmed Achchak (CEO of Qevlar AI) sits down with cybersecurity consultant Dave McKenzie to break down what Mythos really changes for defenders, why most organizations are focusing on the wrong risks, and what SOC teams should prepare for now. You’ll discover: Why Mythos is less about “AI hacking the world overnight”...

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 br...

Security 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 s...

Most 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 capa...