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Last week I attended the eighth annual SANS Cyber Threat Intelligence Summit in Crystal City, Virginia. I want to take some time to recap the event for those that were not able to attend. I have been fortunate to be involved with this event since it started in 2013, first as a presenter, and more recently as a co-chair. My first CTI Summit presentation, “If it bleeds we can kill it, Leveraging CTI to take the fight to the adversary,” is still one of my favorites. The talk is an homage to Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Predator with some cyber threat intelligence sprinkled in.
This year, I teamed up with my fantastic co-chairs, Rebekah Brown, and Katie Nickels to run the summit. We also had the support of our great Advisory Board: Amy Bejtlich, Chris Cochran, Kristen Dennesen, Ryan Kovar, and Kris McConkey. Last but not least, Jennifer Santiago was very effective at cat herding.
You can find the presentations on the SANS DFIR Archive page. Search for “Cyber Threat Intelligence Summit & Training 2020 (January 2020)” to find them. You will be able to see videos of the talks on the SANS DFIR YouTube channel over the coming months. We had several talks that weren’t recorded as they revealed sensitive information about threat actors.
One of the great things about this event is our community; I’ve made some great friends over the years. The friends you make are the ones that are going to share their struggles with you and how they overcame them. These friends are the ones you will commiserate with as you deal with the challenges of being a threat intelligence analyst. This year, we tried some new activities to nurture our community further and help the attendees strengthen existing relationships as well as build new ones.
When we were putting together our wrap up summary for the summit, we decided to frame it around the Intelligence Cycle. I made a joke that it was the end of the second day, and no one had put up the Intelligence Cycle, so we were overdue. Rob M. Lee possibly drew it during his session, but because he is a much better speaker than an illustrator, it is unclear. Now your Intelligence Cycle might not map to mine 100%, but it frames the content well. I’m going to cover some of the major themes that resonated with the co-chairs (Katie, TreBekah and I) during the summit. Our slides are available here.
1. Planning and Direction
2. Collection
3. Processing
4. Analysis
5. Dissemination. If you can’t write in a way that someone will understand, then there is no point in writing an intelligence report. I use the self-licking ice cream cone analogy, which folks that come from the military will appreciate. To help you not be a self-licking ice cream cone, check these out:
Although my BBQ brother Paul Jaramillo was sadly unable to attend the event this year, he did put together some observations on each presentation based on live tweets and the posted presentations. You can check out his excellent work here: “2020 SANS CTI Summit Notes”
If you have never attended the summit, I’d highly recommend you join us in 2021. Please come and join our community. I also want to encourage new presenters to respond to our CFP when it comes out later in the summer. We want to continue having a diverse mix of speakers. Here are some areas that I think we need more content on:
I hope to see you in 2021! If you’re interested in hearing more from the team around threat intelligence, check out our weekly podcast, ShadowTalk. Be on the lookout for CTI Summit speakers and advisory board members joining us in the very near future.