Treadstone 71 Link Analysis of Various Iranian Cyber Operators, Academics, and Cyber Security Professionals. From indictments and commercial organizations to academics. 

This intelligence brief explains the intricacies as well as cans and cannots with repect to the capabilities of cyber intelligence.

Intelligence Games in the Power Grid – Russian Cyber and Kinetic Actions Causing Risk

Unusual purchasing patterns from a Russian firm selling PLCs from a Taiwanese company with massive holes in its product software download site. What could go wrong?

Request for Information (RFI) – Cyber Threat Intelligence

The RFI process includes any specific time-sensitive ad hoc requirement for intelligence information or products to support an ongoing event or incident not necessarily related to standing requirements or scheduled intelligence production. When the Cyber Threat Intelligence Center (CTIC) submits an RFI to internal groups, there is a series of standard requirements for the context and quality of the data requested.

Understanding your stakeholders and what they need to help make decisions is more than half the battle. This brief covers the old adage “Know your professor, get an A."

Statement of Cyber Counterintelligence The 10 Commandments for Cyber CounterIntel

Thou shall and thou shalt not. Own the cyber street while building creds. Follow these rules and maybe you will survive the onslaught.

Our training examines Sherman Kent's Analytic Doctrine from the cyber perspective as well as the availability and use of OSINT tools. Students are able to understand the cyber intelligence lifecycle, the role and value of cyber intelligence relative to online targeting and collection, in modern organizations, businesses, and governments at the completion of this course and, use of our advisory services.

Syrian violations of sanctions with Russian FSB assistance to manufacture ballistic vests – Not discovered by any organization other than Treadstone 71 - No sensors, no aggregation of thousands of taps – Just hard-nosed open-source collection and analysis, and an interesting read of false identities, dispersed purchasing, and deceit.

Fallacies in Threat Intelligence Lead to Fault Lines in Organizational Security Postures

This brief covers some general taxonomy along with a review of common mistakes concerning cyber and threat intelligence and how possible to not fall into these traps while knowing how to dig out if you do.

What you receive from Treadstone 71 is detailed information and intelligence on your adversary that far surpasses the technical realm. Where Treadstone 71 service excels is in the ability to provide you with techniques, methods, capabilities, functions, strategies, and programs to not only build a fully functional intelligence capability, but a sustainable program directly aligned with stakeholder requirements.

Middle Eastern Cyber Domain – Iran/Syria/Israel

An academic review of these nation-states and their work to achieve cyber operations dominance.