From Noise to Action: How Cyber Threat Intelligence Protects Businesses (with Britta Sillaots)

Most organizations understand the idea of “cybersecurity” as tools, controls, and response plans. But Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) often sits in a strange place: it’s widely advertised, frequently misunderstood, and sometimes dismissed as buzzword fuel. In this NEVERHACK CyberCast episode, host Louis Zezeran sits down with Britta Sillaots, a NEVERHACK Cyber Threat Intelligence analyst, to unpack what CTI actually is—what it looks like in the real world, how it supports security teams, and why it’s not reserved for “big enterprise only.”

Britta’s definition is simple, and that simplicity is the point: CTI is about making information useful. Not just collecting data, not just “watching the dark web,” and not just generating reports. CTI is the process of taking scattered signals—news, indicators, chatter, leaks, vulnerabilities—and adding enough context that a security team can act.