Kill Chain: A Platform Cybersecurity Podcast
Kill Chain features experts and guests in the platform and vehicle cybersecurity space. Each week we'll discuss the latest in cybersecurity news as well as topics surrounding platform and vehicle cybersecurity.
Episodes
Terry sits down with Cesile Johnson, CTO of Core Bank, for a conversation about what it actually takes to modernize a bank from the inside — the legacy systems nobody wants to touch, the guardrails that have to exist before AI gets anywhere near customer data, and the reality of building a career in a room where she was often the only woman in it.
Cesile walks through how her team took delivery velocity on one initiative from ...
On this episode of Kill Chain, we go straight to the source with someone who spends his career trying to break into cars, trucks, and the chargers that power them. Kamel Ghali is an automotive cybersecurity researcher, penetration tester, and educator, and VP of International Operations for DEF CON's Car Hacking Village — the group that's been teaching the world to hack vehicles safely since 2017.
Kamel walks us through a real...
This week, Kill Chain takes a step back from cybersecurity for a different kind of conversation. Aaron Cerrone — a 28-year military veteran and former chief of operations at U.S. Strategic Command, longtime entrepreneur, and former University of Nebraska Omaha business instructor — joins the show to talk about what it actually takes to build a business and a life that last.
It's a no-fluff conversation about defining suc...
In 1994, Daragh Mahon won the green card lottery and moved from Ireland to Atlanta. His first American job was driving an eighteen-wheeler for Schneider. Thirty years later, he runs IT for Werner Enterprises, one of the largest trucking companies in North America, with 12,000 drivers moving freight across the country every day.
In this episode of Kill Chain, host Terry Reinert sits down with Daragh to unpack a career arc most CIOs n...
Jorden Gershenson spent 8 years in the Air Force detecting nuclear tests from a basement full of seismometers. Now he's building Aulendur Labs — a startup that wants to forecast everything from freight loads to geopolitical events using the same machine learning powering global weather models.
In this episode we dig into Jorden's path from Air Force technical application specialist to software engineer to startup founder, how ...
Danny Lilley joins the Kill Chain podcast to talk about his journey from managing hundreds of people at enterprise giants like Swift Transportation and Werner, to building lean and fast at HOPTEK, a startup using AI to transform freight procurement. Danny shares his unfiltered take on agentic AI, why curiosity is now the most valuable professional skill, the real risks of tools like OpenClaw, AI in education, and what zero-day expl...
What does Android have to do with trucking? More than you'd think.
In this episode of Kill Chain, Terry Reinert sits down with Darrin Demchuk, VP of Strategy at Platform Science, to explore how the smartphone era quietly laid the blueprint for modern fleet technology — and why the lessons learned building apps for skiers on mountains translated directly to building software for truck drivers in blizzards.
Darrin...
John Grange, Co-Founder of Move Venture Capital and CTO of OpsCompass, joins us from Omaha, Nebraska to unpack what AI is really changing — and what it’s quietly breaking.
From the collapse of digital trust in a world of deepfakes to the hype around AI agents and “GPT wrappers,” John brings the perspective of a technical founder turned investor. We dig into why value creation matters more than ever, why compl...
In this episode of the Kill Chain Podcast hosts Terry Reinert and Marcus Q discuss new technologies aimed at preventing theft of cargo and vehicles.
Want to learn more about securing your fleets, platforms, or mission critical systems? Contact us at FleetDefender.com.
In this episode of the Kill Chain Podcast hosts Marcus Q and Terry Reinert discuss the current state of telematics and where the technology is heading. We dive into the different data layers involved in telematics and vehicle technologies including the advantages and disadvantages of more data.
Want to learn more about securing your fleets, platforms, or mission critical systems? Contact us at FleetDefender.com.
In this week's episode of the Kill Chain podcast hosts Terry Reinert and Marcus Q discuss the use of AI in creating automotive insurance policies and rates. The evolving field of AI can create more personalized rates and change the way insurance providers look at driving habits.
Want to learn more about securing your fleets, platforms, or mission critical systems? Contact us at FleetDefender.com.
In this week's episode of the Kill Chain podcast hosts Terry Reinert and Marcus Q discuss the evolution of vehicle software and how over-the-air updates can be a game-changer for vehicle manufacturers and consumers.
Want to learn more about securing your fleets, platforms, or mission critical systems? Contact us at FleetDefender.com.
In this week's episode of the Kill Chain Podcast hosts Terry Reinert and Marcus Q discuss how a breach of an OT system can compromise a business's enterprise network. We discuss the ways in which attackers can compromise a fleet vehicle to deliver a ransomware payload to an IT system.
Want to learn more about securing your fleets, platforms, or mission critical systems? Contact us at FleetDefender.com.
In this weeks episode of the Kill Chain podcast hosts Terry Reinert, Marcus Q, and Kendall Bricko answer listener questions. We answer and discuss our most asked listener questions including why someone might hack a car, how a bad actor can hack a truck, and more.
Want to learn more about securing your fleets, platforms, or mission critical systems? Contact us at FleetDefender.com.
In this episode of the Kill Chain podcast hosts Marcus Q, Kendall Bricko, and AI expert Daniel Kovach discuss their experience at AutoTech Detroit. Kendall and Daniel discuss the innovations and limitations they saw at the Automotive conference in Detroit Michigan and some of the show-stopping vehicles and innovations displayed.
Want to learn more about securing your fleets, platforms, or mission critical systems? Contact us at Flee...
In this episode of the Kill Chain Podcast hosts Marcus Q and Kendall Bricko bring on Fleet Defender's Director of Technology and AI expert, Daniel Kovach. Daniel has spent 10+ years working in the artificial intelligence space across many different industries. In this episode we discuss the AI revolution and how it relates to automotive cybersecurity.
Want to learn more about securing your fleets, platforms, or mission critica...
In this episode of the Kill Chain Podcast host Marcus Q discusses the risks and vulnerabilities in construction and heavy equipment with cyber warfare expert Terry Reinert. The discussion includes some of the recent reports on the risks facing the heavy equipment industry including port cranes, bulldozers, long haul logistics, and more.
Want to learn more about securing your fleets, platforms, or mission critical systems? Cont...
In this episode of the Kill Chain Podcast hosts Marcus Q discusses recent research by Dr. Ken Tindell of Canis Automotive Labs with Terry Reinert, offensive cyberwarfare expert and CEO of Fleet Defender. This episode discusses the new evolution of car theft via CAN hacking devices.
Want to learn more about securing your fleets, platforms, or mission critical systems? Contact us at FleetDefender.com.
This week the team discusses simple and often free cybersecurity tools for small businesses. We dive into the strategies, methods, and applications that small businesses can use to protect against ransomware and other cybersecurity threats.
Online Resources:
Free Cybersecurity Training: https://www.cdse.edu/Training/
U.S. Dept of Health & Human Services Cybersecurity Training: https://www.hhs.gov/about/agencies/asa...
The Stuxnet computer worm is infamous for its infiltration of the Iranian nuclear program. Stuxnet targeted air-gapped systems to affect physical equipment and cause destruction well beyond destroying data. This worm was an ingenious piece of technology brought into the facility through a simple thumb drive.
Want to learn more about securing your fleets, platforms, or mission critical systems? Contact us at FleetDefender.com.
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