Kill Chain: A Platform Cybersecurity Podcast

Kamel Ghali: Hack the Fleet — Inside DEF CON's Car Hacking Village

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

Aaron Cerrone: Build It Backwards — Define Success Before You Build the Business

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

From CDL to CIO — Daragh Mahon, CIO of Werner Enterprises

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 lat

Why a Former Air Force Nuke Hunter Just Got Accepted Into the Werner Accelerator

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

AI Is as Bad as It's Ever Going to Be

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 buildin

AI Gives Everyone the Same Starting Line

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 Pla

AI Lowers the Cost of Everything, Including Mistakes

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

Preventing Cargo and Vehicle Theft With New Tech

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

The Future of Telematics

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 d

How AI Will Revolutionize Insurance

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 evol

Over-The-Air Updates For Vehicles

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 gam

Using Fleet Vehicles To Breach Enterprise Networks

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 ne

Answering Listener Questions

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

AutoTech Detroit Recap

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 dis

AI in Automotive Cybersecurity

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

Exploiting Heavy Equipment

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 Reiner

Stealing Cars Through The Headlight

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

Simple Cybersecurity For Small Business

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

Briefs Ep. 3: Stuxnet Cyber Attack

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 dest

What it Means Pt. 2: Autonomy Levels

This week the Fleet Defender team discusses the meaning of Level 0 - 5 autonomy for autonomous vehicles. The team dives into some of the existing and future technologies