042 Understanding Your Environment and Communicating the Threat

Building a successful threat intelligence operation and team involves many important considerations. What are your organizations critical assets, who are your potential adversaries, and how do you best communicate with the rest of your organization to ensure your efforts are properly focused and your conclusions properly understood and implemented? Our guest today is AJ Nash. He’s the cyber threat intelligence evangelist and manager of intelligence services at Symantec. It’s a big company, offering a diverse array of cybersecurity products and services, with some well-known brands like Norton and LifeLock, as well as threat intelligence products and services. Our conversation covers a wide range of topics, including the foundations of intelligence and the intelligence life cycle, the challenges of moving from the military to the private sector, leadership styles, and how to be sure you’re asking the right questions when it comes to threat intelligence.