There is a lot of talk about sharing and the security of our data. A recent Ponemon Report on Exchanging Cyber Threat Intelligence states that current threat sharing mechanisms are broken. Data is not timely enough, scalable or actionable as it often lacks context to a type of threat or actor. Today, government, military, and private organizations do share through unofficial channels (spreadsheets, email listservs, and “fight clubs”), but the time has come for security teams to have a tool to aggregate and analyze the influx of data coming in. More than a feed, and more than a SIEM, the future of threat intelligence lies in the threat intelligence platform.
A threat intelligence platform should achieve many things, but most importantly it should offer a singular platform to aggregate, analyze, and act on threat intelligence data as well as offer options for context, sharing, and privacy. Any mature security organization should consider how and from where they are gathering their data, and what they then do with it.
Attend this session to learn what a threat intelligence platform is and why you need one, and the real-life use-cases to sharing data, keeping it private to only those you wish to share with, and the benefit to collaboration at a large scale to achieve a predictive defense and ensure your threat data is being optimized to the fullest.

Bio: Adam is an internationally renowned information security expert and is currently the CEO and a founder at Cyber Squared Inc. He possesses over a decade of experience in programming, network security, penetration testing, cryptography design & cryptanalysis, identity and access control, and a detailed expertise in information security. The culmination of this knowledge has led to the company’s creation of ThreatConnect™, the first-of-its-kind threat intelligence platform. He currently serves as an advisor to multiple security-focused organizations and has provided consultation to numerous businesses ranging from start-ups to governments, Fortune 500 organizations, and top financial institutions. Adam holds an MS in computer science with graduate certifications in computer security and information assurance from George Washington University.

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