Welcome to "Cyber Compliance and Beyond," a Kratos podcast that will bring clarity to compliance, helping put you in control of cybersecurity compliance in your organization.
Kratos is a leading cybersecurity compliance advisory and assessment organization, providing services to both government and commercial clients across varying sectors including defense, space, satellite, financial services, and health care. Through "Cyber Compliance and Beyond," our cyber team of experts will share their insights on the latest compliance issues.
We want to hear from you! What unanswered question would you like us to tackle? Is there a topic you'd like us to discuss? Or do you just have some feedback for us? Let us know on Linked and Twitter at Kratos Defense or by email at ccbeyond@kratosdefense.com.
35 - Understanding SIM Swapping: Risks, Real World Impacts and What To Do
SIM swapping is rapidly becoming one of the most common—and damaging—cyberattacks. In this episode, Efani General Manager Mark Kreitzman explains how attackers seize phone numbers through social engineering and weak carrier controls, shares his own SIM-swap incident, and reveals how quickly criminals can access accounts, cloud data, and crypto. We also cover why SMS-based MFA is no longer safe and what organizations can do to protect high-risk users and critical systems.
Key topics:
What SIM swapping is and why it's a rising attack vector
How attackers bypass telecom security using social engineering and insider help
Why SMS-based MFA is vulnerable and outdated
Real-world impact: account takeovers, cloud compromise and crypto theft
Enterprise risks, compliance concerns and recommended security controls
How AI tools help criminals target high-value victims faster
13 Oct 2026
34 - From Threat Hunter to Red Teamer and How AI Changed Both
Threat hunting is one of cybersecurity's most talked‑about, and misunderstood, disciplines. In this episode, Cole French and guest Ben Lieberman breaks down what threat hunting really looks like inside complex, high‑volume environments and why fundamentals matter more than flashy techniques. We dig into how telemetry is collected, how attackers blend into normal activity, and why red and blue teams often view threats differently.
At its core, threat hunting is about mindset: understanding attacker behavior, knowing what "normal" looks like, and cutting through massive data to spot what truly matters.
You'll learn:
Why attackers often rely on simple, well‑known techniques
The challenges of working with massive telemetry and alert volume
How tools like Splunk and Security Onion help find real signals
Why red teams sometimes test the wrong things
The importance of baselining and building detections around real behavior
15 Sept 2026
33 - Minutes to Exploit: AI and the Modern Threat Landscape
As AI is reshaping the threat landscape, the timeline for vulnerability discovery has collapsed. In this episode, guest Matt Stern breaks down how attackers are using AI to find and exploit weaknesses in minutes, and what organizations must do to keep pace.
We explore how modern AI‑driven testing can scan code, APIs, and mobile apps at scale, surface logic flaws traditional tools miss and help teams secure software before release. Matt also explains how continuous AI‑powered pen testing reduces blind spots, cuts alert noise, and allows humans to focus on advanced threats.
Finally, we look at the next frontier of agentic AI — guardrails, documentation checks, and automated reviews that help organizations prepare for a world where both attackers and defenders operate at machine speed.
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