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


Mar 12 2025 36 mins   13

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 career
  • 03:55. What task prioritization looks like at the beginning of a CTI analyst's day
  • 06:50. How bedrock CTI principles and threat actor matrices help to counter information overload and filter out noise
  • 10:45. The value of an "eclectic" set of intelligence sources
  • 25:50. How the CIS CTI team works with the 24x7x365 CIS Security Operations Center (SOC), the Cyber Incident Response Team (CIRT), and others
  • 31:27. Advice for getting into CTI as a career path

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