Security is a big data problem. Solving it is all about prioritized data flow, continuously processing data for analysis and translating and exporting it to create a single security infrastructure.

We are a community with grand ideas around the concept of crowdsourced threat intel (CTI), but with little history or previous successes that show CTI as a viable idea.

In response to a specific attack, it’s important to do external threat monitoring and threat actor engagement to determine if the actors are attempting to exploit or monetize the security event.

Once live stomping around vendor-packed expo halls at security conferences returns, it is highly probable that “Virtual Analyst” will play a starring role in buzzword bingo.