In today's podcast, John Bambenek of Netenrich and Bambenek Consulting talks about threat research, intelligence analysis, why the same security problems are always relevant, and the importance of contributing a little more time and talent to make the world a little better than you found it.

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0:00 – Introduction
2:45 – Introduction to Cybersecurity
9:40 – Threat researcher versus security researcher and threat analyst
12:05 – How to get into a research or analyst role
16:32 – Unusual types of malware
19:03 – An ideal working day
23:06 – The main threat actors currently
28:50 – What cybersecurity doesn't address
31:38 – Where can I volunteer?
36:02 – Skills required for threat researchers
40:53 – Careers adjacent to threat research
45:11 – Threat research in five years
48:55 – Bambenek Consulting
49:35 – Learn more about Bambenek
50:26 – Outro

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