About this episode

This episode discusses the thought processes of analysts in cybersecurity investigations and the characteristics of high performers.

Join us for this week's Defender Fridays as Chris Sanders, Founder at Applied Network Defense and the Rural Technology Fund, breaks down how analysts actually think through investigations and what separates high performers from the rest.

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