Threat Intel for Everyone: Writing Like A Journalist To Produce Clear, Concise Reports

One of the key tenants of journalism is to write for the masses. No one will read your reporting if they do not understand it. We are told in journalism school to write for an eighth-grade reading level -- not because we think people who read the news are uneducated, but because the easier something is to read and comprehend, the more people will read it. The same thing applies to threat intelligence. Threat intelligence reporting is only useful if people read, comprehend, and take action on it. Because threat intelligence can be distributed and operationalized across an entire organization, from SOC analysts to the C-suite, it should be written for a broad audience. In this talk, I will take applications of journalism -- like the Inverted Pyramid style of news reporting, importance of a nutgraf, and killing passive voice -- to show attendees how to craft clear, concise, and actionable threat intelligence reports. Attendees will learn a new process and style for effective writing and reporting that everyone at the organization can benefit from.

Selena Larson @selenalarson, Cyber Threat Analyst, Dragos

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[kreigrastalovich]

Erm, I'd not akin writing like a journalist, today, as a good thing.