How to Generate Strategic Intelligence by Answering 20 Questions

In the fast-paced world of cyber threat intelligence, it’s easy to get lost in the weeds of tactical data, chasing indicators with a shelf life measured in hours. While essential for immediate defense, you miss the big picture — patterns, trends, and an adversary’s ultimate objectives. How do you move from simply reacting to threats to anticipating them? The answer lies in mastering strategic intelligence.

Generating strategic intelligence is what separates a good analyst from a great one, but creating it can feel like a daunting, unstructured art.

This guide provides the framework you’ve been missing. We will break down the process into 20 fundamental questions that will guide you from initial planning to final delivery, helping you create impactful strategic intelligence that senior leaders will actually use. Let’s get started!

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What is Strategic Intelligence?

Before we dive into the questions, let’s clarify what we mean by strategic intelligence.

Unlike its tactical and operational counterparts, strategic intelligence offers a high-level, forward-looking…