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Industry2026-05-1211 min read

From Intelligence to Detection: Operationalising MITRE ATT&CK

MITRE ATT&CK, the Diamond Model, and the Pyramid of Pain — how to operationalise CTI frameworks instead of just referencing them in reports.

Industry2026-05-05

Threat Actor Profiling for Defenders: A Practical Framework

A practical framework for threat actor profiling that prioritises operational value over attribution — categories, profiles, and tying CTI to defence.

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Industry2026-05-01

Cognitive Biases in CTI: Structured Techniques for Sharper Analysis

How confirmation bias, anchoring, and the availability heuristic distort threat intelligence — and the techniques analysts use to counteract them.

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Industry2026-04-28

Analysis of Competing Hypotheses: A Step-by-Step Guide for CTI

A step-by-step guide to Analysis of Competing Hypotheses (ACH) for cyber threat intelligence, with a worked example and matrix template.

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Industry2026-04-21

How to Build a Collection Plan in 5 Steps

Most CTI teams collect intelligence the way people grocery shop — without a list. A collection plan connects your needs to your sources.

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Industry2026-04-14

A Practitioner’s Guide to the Intelligence Lifecycle

What cyber threat intelligence actually is, why most teams confuse it with information management, and what the intelligence lifecycle looks like in practice.

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Industry2026-04-03

Rewriting the News Is Not Intelligence — But Someone Still Has to Do It

A CTI veteran responds to the viral Hard Cyber Threat Intel Pills image. Some pills are spot-on. Some need nuance. And one misses the real problem entirely.

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Guide2025-11-10

The Top Cybersecurity and Threat Intelligence Blogs (2025 Edition)

A practitioner's guide to the cybersecurity and CTI blogs, research labs, national CERTs, and vulnerability feeds worth reading in 2025.

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Industry2025-01-15

The 80/20 Problem in Cyber Threat Intelligence (and Why It’s Structural)

CTI analysts spend ~80% of their time on collection and report assembly, 20% on actual analysis. It’s a structural challenge, not a skills gap.

Guide2024-12-20

How to Build a Threat Profile: A Worked Example for Mid-Market Security Teams

A walkthrough of building a threat profile for a fictional mid-market fintech, from PIRs to TTP-level detection coverage with a one-page artefact.

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