Lectures of Opportunity: "Active Defense: Collecting Cyber Threat Intelligence through Adversary Engagement"

Active Defense: Collecting Cyber Threat Intelligence through Adversary Engagement

This presentation will cover how active defense techniques can be used as a unique tool to collect intelligence that helps us better understand the full cycle of cyber-attacks by revealing what happens after a potential attack is successful. We’ll look at the different types of investigative artifacts we can collect by engaging with cyber threat actors, from post-attack behavior to attacker locations to fraudulent bank accounts. Throughout the presentation, we’ll see various real-world examples of successful active defense engagements that have led to significant insights into these attacks.

About this Lecture

Lectures of Opportunity offers U.S. Naval War College (NWC) students, faculty, and staff an opportunity to learn more about national and international socio-political subjects that may be of relevance to the NWC community.