Know Your Adversary | Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 with Special Guest Steve Elovitz (Ep. 9)
Source: YouTube · SpecterOps · published Mar 20, 2026 · 34:44
[BLUF] The episode introduces Steve Elvitz from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, detailing his extensive background in incident response and security transformation, while establishing the podcast's focus on understanding adversaries to improve cybersecurity defense 0:12.
Key Takeaways:
• The host welcomes guest Steve Elvitz, who is responsible for service delivery in North America at Unit 42 0:16.
• Elvitz shares his 10-year tenure at Mandiant, where he led incident response and security transformation teams 0:38.
• He notes his prior experience contracting for the government, highlighting a long career in public sector cybersecurity 0:48.
• The discussion sets the stage for exploring how deep knowledge of adversary tactics can enhance organizational resilience 0:50.
This introduction provides essential context for Elvitz's expertise, grounding the subsequent technical discussions in his real-world experience with high-stakes security operations.
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[music] Welcome back to the Know Your Adversary podcast. I'm Jared Atinson. >> I'm Justin Kohler. And today we're joined by Steve Elvitz from PaloAlto Networks Unit 42. Steve, do you want to introduce yourself and maybe tell us a little bit about your background? >> Yeah, folks. Uh, first off, thank you very much for having me on here. It's an honor to be here. uh really appreciate the opportunity. Um I'm uh with unit 42. I'm responsible for our service delivery here in North America. I spent uh the past 10 years before that at Mandian uh overseeing uh some of our incident response team and our security transformation teams. Um so you know before that I was doing similar work contracting for the government. >> Awesome. What did you do? What what is Palo Alto like unit 42? You said North Am…