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Katherine Payson

Katherine Payson is Senior Director of Strategy Operations at Cobalt, where she has led service delivery operations since 2020. With over a decade of experience in cybersecurity and managed services, she has scaled Cobalt's delivery function to oversee 400+ monthly client engagements and drives the operationalization of Cobalt’s product and services technology strategy.  She holds an MBA in Leadership from Franklin Pierce University.

We Built a New Role to Solve a Problem AI Just Made Harder to Ignore

June 11, 2026
Est Read Time: 3 min
The penetration testing landscape is changing fast. AI-assisted testing is compressing timelines. Continuous testing...
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