Burn Out, Or Fade Away

I didn't start out in threat intel. I didn't start my career in cybersecurity in DF/IR work. I started doing vulnerability assessments using commercial tools (ISS's Internet Scanner) and well as freely-available tools (i. e. , ToneLoc and THCScan, for war dialing).

Around 2000, I transitioned to DF/IR work, largely as part of an internal, FTE role. We really didn't have "threat intelligence" at the time; in fact, while I heard the term and saw folks pointing at things they called "threat intel" or "CTI", I didn't really start engaging more directly with "threat intelligence" until about 2013 or so.

I don't have an intel background from the military, nor from LE, but I've been ancillary to and a consumer of "cyber threat intel" long enough to know what I find to be "of value", and truly actionable.