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CTA Board of Directors Spotlight: Matt Watchinski, Vice President of Cisco Talos What inspired you to be a part of founding CTA? The ability to get all the security companies that had a similar security vision in the same place talking about the same problems. The truly important part we considered is, how do we […]

Q&A with CTA Founding Member Ken Xie, CEO and Chairman of Fortinet What inspired you to found CTA? In addition to increased performance and integrated technology solutions, IT teams need access to real-time threat intelligence to quickly detect and identify threats and automatically respond at digital speeds.  Prior to founding the Cyber Threat Alliance, higher-level […]

What inspired you to help lead CTA as director on the board? Like many in the industry, I have always believed that better sharing is crucial to our success as defenders, but that sharing has historically been very challenging. From its inception, I was very impressed with the mission and the leadership of the CTA, […]

Cyberattacks continue to increase in prevalence and impact and recent cyber incidents have brought a wake-up call that we must invest in training and hiring in the cybersecurity field. Because nearly every aspect of society depends on the digital infrastructure, cyberattacks are costly and extremely disruptive. We continue to rely on an inherently insecure internet […]

As Russian forces take military action in Ukraine, cybersecurity companies are reporting various cyber attacks targeting organizations within Ukraine, such as government agencies and critical infrastructure companies, and organizations outside of the country that provide services to Ukraine. Additionally, the U.S. government has warned organizations to prepare for any cyber incidents that may have consequences […]

Written by Joe Chen, VP of Engineering, Broadcom Five years ago, Symantec, now an enterprise division of Broadcom, proudly became a founding member of the Cyber Threat Alliance as a not-for-profit organization. CTA was founded with the mission to share threat information and better protect the mutual customers of our members. It is important to […]

Written by Kathi Whitbey, Principal Business Operations Manager, Unit 42 As I reflect on the last five years following the creation of the CTA, I am humbled by the growth, cooperation, and respect that our organization has developed from the simple idea that the only way to beat our adversaries was to find a way […]

Written by Jason Min, Head of Business Development, Check Point Software Technologies As Check Point celebrates the 5th birthday of the Cyber Threat Alliance, we are honored to continue our partnership with them. Check Point became a Charter Member because we strongly believe in the CTA’s mission to improve the overall security of the global […]

Back in 2013, I had just taken over as the Chief Security Officer for Palo Alto Networks. Literally, I was weeks in the job, when my boss, Mark McLaughlin, the CEO, called me into his office to assign me a special project. He and Ken Xie, the Fortinet CEO, and one of Palo Alto Networks’ biggest competitors, had an idea.

Written by Matt Watchinski, VP, Global Threat Intelligence Group, Talos, Cisco Cisco Talos sets out every day to make the internet a safer place. But we can’t always fight the good fight alone. That’s why we are so proud of what we’ve accomplished with the Cyber Threat Alliance, which turns 5 years old today. We […]