People, Orgs
& Communities
This isn't a database pull — it's a curated list of practitioners, organizations, and communities that I have learned from, worked alongside, or recommend without hesitation.🙌
People to Follow
These are the practitioners I'd point any CTI analyst toward on day one — educators, builders, and community leaders who consistently put out work worth your attention.
SANS instructor, CTI advocate, and supporter of Cyberjutsu Girls Academy. Katie has a rare ability to make complex intelligence concepts genuinely accessible without dumbing them down.
☞ If you follow one person in CTI, make it Katie.
SANS co-author and founder of BushidoToken Threat Intel and Curated Intelligence. Will produces some of the most consistently rigorous open-source threat research in the field.
☞ Follow for deep technical tracking of threat actor infrastructure.
MITRE ATT&CK lead with former roles at Dragos, DomainTools, Huntress, and Gigamon. Joe brings a level of analytical rigor to threat intelligence that is genuinely rare.
☞ Essential reading for anyone doing ICS/OT or attribution work.
Community educator and Cyversity mentor who gives back to the field in ways that go well beyond his day job.
☞ A model for what community-minded CTI practice looks like.
Content creator sharing CTI education through TikTok and her website. Background in military and marketing — she brings an angle on communication that most analysts never develop.
☞ Proof that CTI education doesn't have to be dry.
Speaker and infosec community advocate who has built one of the most genuinely useful security newsletters out there.
☞ Vulnerable U is required reading. Full stop.
Cybersecurity leader focused on public-private partnerships and cyber resilience. Helped shape the modern US cyber posture during a pivotal era.
☞ For the big picture on how policy and intelligence intersect.
Organizer of the Cybersecurity Cares annual charity telethon and one of the most quietly impactful people in the security community.
☞ Building tools and community in equal measure.
CTI platform builder and community extraordinaire. Grace brings both technical depth and genuine warmth to everything she does in this space.
☞ An incredible human being and CTI extraordinaire.
Groups & Orgs to Know
Organizations producing valuable CTI research, frameworks, and tooling that I regularly reference and recommend.
Where to Gather
Places to hang out, stay informed, and find your people in the CTI and broader security community.
Security-focused Slack group for detection engineers and CTI professionals. Great conversations, genuinely good people, no noise.
Join the Slack →Cyber security awareness in plain language. Daily news, tips, and career guidance for those breaking into cyber. Welcoming to newcomers in a way not every corner of this field is.
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