Inside threat intelligence: Rafe Pilling, Sophos
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February 19, 2026 · 29 min · Season 7 · Episode 4
About this episode
Rafe Pilling discusses the development and effectiveness of threat intelligence in cybersecurity.
What, exactly, is threat intelligence? And how do CISOs use it? Security teams now have access to multiple sources of information on threats and threat actors. These come from industry, from law enforcement, and even their own networks and SOCs. But how effective is it against an ever-changing roster of adversaries? And how do CISOs become informed consumers of intelligence? We invited Rafe Pilling, director of threat intelligence at Sophos, to discuss how threat intelligence has developed, in the context of some of the recent attacks and threat groups.
People in this episode
Guest: Rafe Pilling
Topics covered
- threat intelligence
- CISOs
- security teams
- threat actors
- cybersecurity
- recent attacks
Keywords
- threat intelligence
- CISOs
- security teams
- adversaries
- threat actors
- cybersecurity
- recent attacks
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Sophos, law enforcement, SOC
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