Beers with Talos, Ep. #107: Sailing the high seas in search of privateer groups
Summary: Beers with Talos episode No. 107 introduces a threat actor category the team calls "privateers," discussing why the classification is needed, prior research on the topic, and how private security firms can partner with public intelligence agencies against it. The episode features Craig Williams, Joel Esler and Matt Olney, hosted by Mitch Neff.
What's compelling: Talos is arguing the security community needs a new label for these actors and a working partnership between private firms and public intelligence agencies to defend against them - a gap that exists regardless of how your own threat model is labeled today.
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- Threat Actors & Nation-State
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