Racing the Adversary: Accelerating IR with Intelligence-Led Velocity
2026 has seen the gap between initial compromise and full-scale impact reach an all-time low. For Incident Responders, the luxury of time is ever shrinking. To survive this landscape, organisations must move beyond reactive forensics and embrace Actionable Intelligence. In this session, Nick, will dive into how the world’s most sophisticated adversaries are operating today—and how tactical Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) is the secret weapon to keeping up with their pace. Drawing on real-world scenarios from global incident response engagements, Nick will demonstrate how CTI shifts the incident response race in favour of the defender.
Speaker
Nicholas Pockl-Deen
Principal, Cyber Incident Response, Unit 42
Nick is a Principal Consultant with Unit 42’s Incident Response team, where he leads high-stakes engagements for some of the world’s largest organisation. Specialising in digital forensics, Nick navigates complex breach landscapes to help global enterprises recover from sophisticated cyber attacks. He is a GIAC Security Professional (GSP), dedicated to bridging the gap between deep technical analysis and strategic recovery. When he isn't hunting for persistence or reconstructing breach attack pa... read more