Episode 126: A Day in the Life of a CTI Analyst

12/03/2025 36 min Episodio 126
Episode 126: A Day in the Life of a CTI Analyst

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In episode 126 of Cybersecurity Where You Are, Sean Atkinson is joined by Casey Cannon, Lead Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) Analyst at the Center for Internet Security® (CIS®). Together, they review what a regular day looks like for a CTI analyst. Here are some highlights from our episode:01:46. How a service-oriented mindset factors into a CTI career03:55. What task prioritization looks like at the beginning of a CTI analyst's day06:50. How bedrock CTI principles and threat actor matrices help to counter information overload and filter out noise10:45. The value of an "eclectic" set of intelligence sources25:50. How the CIS CTI team works with the 24x7x365 CIS Security Operations Center (SOC), the Cyber Incident Response Team (CIRT), and others31:27. Advice for getting into CTI as a career pathResourcesEpisode 124: The Many Layers of a Malware Takedown OperationEpisode 62: Inside the 'Spidey Sense' of a PentesterCombatting RansomwareThe CIS Security Operations Center (SOC): The Key to Growing Your SLTT's Cyber MaturityIf you have some feedback or an idea for an upcoming episode of Cybersecurity Where You Are, let us know by emailing [email protected].