In episode 126 of Cybersecurity Where You Are, Sean Atkinson is joined by Casey Cannon, Lead Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) Analyst at the Center for Internet Security® (CIS®). Together, they review what a regular day looks like for a CTI analyst. Here are some highlights from our episode:

• 01:46. How a service-oriented mindset factors into a CTI career
• 03:55. What task prioritization looks like at the beginning of a CTI analyst's day
• 06:50. How bedrock CTI principles and threat actor matrices help to counter information overload and filter out noise
• 10:45. The value of an "eclectic" set of intelligence sources
• 25:50. How the CIS CTI team works with the 24x7x365 CIS Security Operations Center (SOC), the Cyber Incident Response Team (CIRT), and others
• 31:27. Advice for getting into CTI as a career path

Resources

• Episode 124: The Many Layers of a Malware Takedown Operation
• Episode 62: Inside the 'Spidey Sense' of a Pentester
• Combatting Ransomware
• The CIS Security Operations Center (SOC): The Key to Growing Your SLTT's Cyber Maturity

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