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Cyber Threat Alliance Turns 4!

On January 23rd, CTA turned four.  It seems like both a long time and a brief moment since our six founding members officially incorporated the organization as a non-profit.  Since then, CTA members and staff have worked hard to turn the company into a viable long-term sharing organization.  In that…

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Looking Back on 2020

Maybe it should be unsurprising that 2020 has no intention of going quietly. By the beginning of December, it had already given us a sudden explosion in remote work, COVID-19 themed lures, a ransomware surge, election disinformation, and 5G deployment battles. Yet, 2020 was not finished. As we head…

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Getting to Know CTA: Part 3 — It’s Not Just What You Know, But When

The Cyber Threat Alliance (CTA) recently published our Solutions Fact Sheet, which details for prospective members and other interested parties the many ways in which CTA membership generates mutual value. In this series of blog posts, we explore in greater depth these various use cases and the common themes that…

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Getting to Know CTA — Part 2: Stronger Security for (Your) Customers

The Cyber Threat Alliance (CTA) recently published our Solutions Fact Sheet, which details for prospective members and other interested parties the many ways in which CTA membership generates mutual value. In this series of blog posts, we will explore in greater depth these various use cases and the common…

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Getting to Know CTA: Part 1 — A Community of Practice

The Cyber Threat Alliance (CTA) recently published our Solutions Fact Sheet, which details for prospective members and other interested parties the many ways in which CTA membership generates mutual value. In this series of blog posts, we will explore in greater depth these various use cases and the common…

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Threat Intelligence Practitioners Take on a Virtual Virus Bulletin

Earlier this month, CTA was all-hands on deck for the virtual Virus Bulletin conference, aka. ‘vblocalhost,’ where we coordinated and sponsored the Threat Intelligence Practitioners’ Summit (TIPS). TIPS spanned a range of perspectives from different corners of the world and highlighted distinct approaches to threat intelligence. If you…

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The Secret Sauce of the Cyber Threat Alliance? Collaboration.

As CTA has developed over the last three years, it has done so with a philosophy of collaboration front-of-mind. CTA provides a venue for productive relationships among our members to emerge and grow. We believe that these kinds of relationships are important and can provide mutual value creation. This is…

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What Does 100 Million Get You?

On September 9th, CTA reached a major milestone for our automated sharing program. Since our founding as an independent non-profit in 2017, CTA member companies have shared over 100 million cyber threat observables. Although it may seem banal in some ways, this simple statistic represents an enormous accomplishment in its…

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The Key Ingredient of CTA? Trust.

“The relationships I and my team have built with the people in other members’ intelligence teams was an unexpected benefit. CTA has enabled us to collaborate within a trusted environment and build independent relationships that make that collaboration even more effective.” – Ryan Olson, Vice President Threat Intelligence (Unit 42),…