The topic of discussion for this webinar within the Taborda Solutions’ virtual event security series was “Cyber Threat Intelligence” (CTI). While somewhat unusual, we have decided to put CTI front and center in our education efforts because it is one component of a security program that is most often misunderstood and underutilized. Intelligence is often treated as an afterthought; an unobtainable level of capability and maturity reserved only for those industries with the most cash or most stringent regulatory requirements. For this reason, we want to “flip the script” and, with the help of our manufacturing partners, demonstrate that making intelligence-informed IT risk-mitigating decisions is not only critical but achievable. From here, we will leverage this concept of risk-based solutioning and instrumentation to drive follow-on conversations and presentations.

In this series, we have had four sessions that detailed the breadth and depth of cyber intelligence offerings. Our own Brit Barnes of Taborda Solutions detailed Taborda Solutions’ “Intelligence Preparation of the Cyber Environment” where they detailed our own iterative process for driving risk mitigation strategy and institutional change based upon threat analysis. Not to be outdone, our manufacturing partners brought their own complimentary topics for your consumption. FireEye discussed their own strategic security capabilities and subsequent offerings with an emphasis on the value of finished intelligence reporting and how to gain access to it. Palo Alto Networks described how their operation platform is made better, and more effective through the application of the efforts of their own intelligence unit, Unit 42. Last but not least, Recorded Future detailed the need for intelligence support for security analysts and how their offerings can provide tangible security advantages to their customers through the application of tactical intelligence.