Good books on cyber threat intelligence are rare. Good books that craft visual illustrations to distill complex topics are even rarer. Visual Threat Intelligence by Thomas Roccia does both incredibly well. Visual Threat Intelligence: An Illustrated Guide for Threat Researchers is an introductory book to the murky world of cyber…

Welcome back to this series on using MISP for threat intelligence! MISP (Malware Information Sharing Platform and Threat Sharing) is an open-source threat intelligence platform that allows you to share, collate, analyze, and distribute threat intelligence. It is used across industries and governments worldwide to share and analyze information about…

Cyber threat intelligence (CTI) is the art of gathering, analyzing, and understanding information about cyber security threats. It involves collecting data, transforming it into actionable intelligence, and distributing it to key stakeholders to improve your organization’s security posture. To do this effectively, you need a platform to store and analyze…

A Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) analyst plays a critical role in defending an organization from cyber attacks. …

Cyber attacks are everywhere. They are a constant in the news, they plaster social media, and your mate Steve won’t stop going on about them. All you hear is how hackers steal secrets and ransomware gangs extort businesses for thousands or even millions of USD, GBR, or EUR (no currency…

Cyber security is changing. Not the threat actors, vulnerabilities, or technology (these change constantly). How we do cyber security as a profession in this modern world is changing. The days of fresh-faced SOC analysts glued to computer screens in a dimly lit room are fading away. The lone penetration tester…

Your organization’s incident response playbook can be the difference between defending against a cyber attack and becoming a victim. An incident response playbook is a step-by-step guide on how your organization should respond to and manage cybersecurity incidents. It provides your security team with instructions to follow when they encounter…

What does a day in the life of a cyber threat intelligence analyst look like? I often thought this when starting out, along with what a SOC analyst actually does and exactly how busy are CISOs. I have been a senior cyber threat intelligence (CTI) analyst for quite some time…

The AI takeover is in full force! A whole range of AI-powered tools has flooded the technology market, and several are geared towards cyber security like Microsoft’s upcoming Security Copilot. These tools empower users to augment their workflow and elevate their output. But how can you make the most of…