Saurabh Chaudhary on Why You Should Engage with Threat Actors to Protect Your Organization

When it comes to the cybercrime underground, threat intelligence is critical. By understanding the threats on the cybercrime underground, organizations can take steps to protect themselves from these dangers.

In this episode, host Zaira Pirzada speaks with independent cyber intelligence researcher Saurabh Chaudhary. During the show, Saurabh and Zaira take a deep dive into the value of threat intelligence and how practitioners can use it to protect their organizations. 

Topics discussed:

• Saurabh shares his experience and insights into cybercrime threat intelligence.
• Saurabh and Zaira examine the collaborative nature of cybercrime.
• They explore how monitoring the cybercrime underground can give organizations a heads-up about threat actors planning an attack or selling the spoils of a recent successful exploit. 
• Saurabh suggests ways to engage with threat actors on the cybercrime underground to prevent the further escalation of a breach.
• Saurabh explains why he believes that intelligence will always be about people regardless of spending billions of dollars on tools and technologies. 
• Zaira and Saurabh explore the differences between threat hunting and threat intelligence.