Business Continuity Management / Disaster Recovery , Critical Infrastructure Security , Cybercrime

Building Threat Intelligence Capabilities in Wartime

Rob Dartnall of Security Alliance on Investing in an Intelligence Team
Rob Dartnall, CEO and director of intelligence, Security Alliance

Ukraine's cybersecurity authority says the country is fighting its first-ever hybrid war - combining conventional and digital warfare strategies and tactics. In this time of high alert, Rob Dartnall of Security Alliance calls for organizations to develop their threat intelligence capabilities.

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Historically, organizations have focused on automating the technical and tactical parts of the business wherever possible to reduce hiring costs. But "this is not intelligence work; it's data analytics," Dartnall says.

"Start thinking about investing in that intelligence team … and training them to do proper intelligence to be able to do confidence levels, and in proper intelligence assessment terminology," he says. Then, he adds, you will be in a position to say to board members, "These are the one or two things you need to focus on. This is how we need to do it and by when."

In a video interview with Information Security Media Group, Dartnall discusses:

  • The role of cyber in the Russia-Ukraine war;
  • Potential cyber disruptions to the energy and banking sectors;
  • Best practices for organizations to develop and apply a threat intelligence capability.

Dartnall comes to the cyber domain from a military intelligence background. He is an advocate of "intelligence preparation of the cyber environment" and has designed intelligence-led resiliency programs, developed intelligence capability, created intelligence-sharing frameworks and initiatives, and provided intelligence-led consulting engagements. He holds the CREST Certified Threat Intelligence Manager qualification, is a CREST TI Assessor and sits on the CTIPs Sub-Committee.


About the Author

Anna Delaney

Anna Delaney

Director, ISMG Productions

An experienced broadcast journalist, Delaney conducts interviews with senior cybersecurity leaders around the world. Previously, she was editor-in-chief of the website for The European Information Security Summit, or TEISS. Earlier, she worked at Levant TV and Resonance FM and served as a researcher at the BBC and ITV in their documentary and factual TV departments.




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