About SuperSOC: Conversations with the People Shaping the Future of Security Operations
SuperSOC is the monthly podcast where Qevlar AI's CEO Ahmed Achchak interviews top cybersecurity experts to explore the future of the SOC.
From real-world AI applications to rethinking SecOps workflows, each episode delivers bold insights and practical strategies for modern security teams.
Recent guests include Google’s Anton Chuvakin and cybersecurity automation expert Filip Stojkovski.
Want to know more about Qevlar AI and how it can help you automate alert investigation? Head to www.qevlar.com
Building the SOC That Thinks Beyond Alerts ft. Rob van Os @SOC-CMM
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...
11 May 2026
Claude Mythos: Security Armageddon or Marketing Stunt? ft. Dave McKenzie
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”...
14 Apr 2026
The 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 br...
11 Mar 2026
Stop Buying Tools, Start Designing Systems: The Architecture Mindset Modern SOCs Need ft. Demetrius Comes @Squarespace
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...
11 Feb 2026
AI Readiness in the SOC Exists, But Not the Way You Define It ft. Rafal Kitab @ ConnectWise
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...
13 Jan 2026
SOC Blind Spots: The Threats That Always Get Through and Why You Don’t Detect Them
Is 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 teleme...
8 Dec 2025
The Realistic Path to Cyber Defense Across IT, OT and Cloud ft. Daniel Kästle @ ex-Mercedes-Benz
Most 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 interoperab...
11 Nov 2025
The Multi-Tenant Challenge: How MDR Providers Maintain Detection Quality Across Hundreds of Different Environments ft. Beatrice Francon @Atos
How 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 securit...
13 Oct 2025
Should SOCs Drop Tiered Models Altogether? ft. Rob van Os @SOC-CMM
Tier 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 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...
10 Sept 2025
Shifting Detection Left In the Kill Chain. How AI Can Reduce False Negatives ft. Shane Shook @Forgepoint Capital
In 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 overwhe...
12 Aug 2025
The MSSP vs. Enterprise Divide: How Autonomous AI Changes the SOC Service Model
In 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 strug...
15 Jul 2025
Making AI Useful in the SOC: Data, Metrics & Human Skills ft. Dr. Anton Chuvakin @Google Cloud
AI 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 A...
11 Jun 2025
From Playbooks to Agents: Rethinking Automation in the SOC with Filip Stojkovski
Qevlar AI CEO Ahmed Achchak interviews cybersecurity automation expert Filip Stojkovski about the limits of traditional security automation and how to distinguish true AI agents from basic SOAR playbooks.
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