Threat Intelligence Essentials

Best Practices for CTI Pros

Articles written by and for threat intelligence professionals

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How to build a career in cyber threat intelligence: certifications, skills, and paths in

MITRE ATT&CK

Introduction to MITRE ATT&CK - Featuring Version 19 (2026)

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How to collect intelligence from GitHub on open source malware

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Visual threat intelligence in the age of AI

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Can we forecast CTI's future? A demo of Foresight SATs

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Better tabletops CTI Session recap

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How the BrickHaus CTI team prioritized their vulnerability backlog

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A guide to threat actor profiling: A deliverable-first approach

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Accelerating banking, financial services and insurance CTI workflows using prompts

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Inside cybercrime investigations: Validating claims, tracing crypto, and rookie mistakes

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Quantifying & communicating the value of human-led intelligence in an AI era

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"Are we exposed?" The CTI Fusion Playbook for end-to-end exposure validation

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Top CTI career tips and guidance from industry leaders

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Validating “new” adversary tactics: Introducing the Tactical Decomposition Workflow

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Structured analysis for small CTI teams: Using AI to reinforce tradecraft

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New CTI prompting best practices and use cases

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Dark web monitoring: Common gaps and how to close them

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How to pitch CTI to leaders: A new approach to threat intel business cases

CTI Prompt Library

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What CTI practitioners recommend you focus on in 2026

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2026 CTI Practitioners Roundup

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Practical CTI workflow improvements that save time

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Using visuals to communicate threat intelligence effectively

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After the analyst role: A career roadmap for CTI professionals

Contributors

Jenn Gile
Co-Founder, OpenSourceMalware
Guillaume Alliel
Founder, CEO Phinasoft
Alessandro Magi
Threat Intelligence Advisor
Shawn Jaques
Head of Product Marketing
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