Signals & Stories

In this episode of Signals & Stories, Kali Fencl sits down with Jennifer Kolde (thesilence), Principal Intelligence Analyst at The Vertex Project, and cyber threat intelligence expert, Kamil Bojarski, to explore how attribution has evolved over the last decade. Drawing from Kamil's recent workshop at CyCon, the conversation examines how modern cyber operations increasingly rely on complex ecos...

In this episode of Signals & Stories, host Kali Fencl sits down with Vertex Project analysts Ryann " Reign" Hallback , Jen "The Silence" Kolde , and Mary Beth "Savage" Lee to explore the investigative mindset behind threat intelligence work. The conversation goes beyond indicators and malware to examine how experienced analysts approach uncertainty, evaluate evidence, and determine whether a l...

In this episode of the Signals & Stories limited series, host Kali Fencl sits down with Tom Hegel, Distinguished Threat Researcher and Research Lead at SentinelOne, alongside Visi Stark, co-founder of The Vertex Project, for a deep dive into how cyber threat intelligence has evolved over the past decade. The conversation explores the increasing professionalization of nation-state and criminal...

As part of The Vertex Project’s 10-year anniversary podcast series, Kali Fencl sits down with Vertex analysts Ryann “reign” Hallback, Jennifer “thesilence” Kolde, and Mary Beth “savage” Lee for a conversation about how cyber threat intelligence has evolved over the last decade and where it’s headed next. From the lasting impact of the APT1 report to the realities of attribution, intelligence shari...

Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) has come a long way—but has its definition kept pace with its potential? In this episode, Vertex co-founders Visi Stark and John “Whippit” Rodgers reflect on a decade of CTI evolution, from manual workflows to automation-driven analysis. They explore the risks of narrowing intelligence into rigid outputs, the hidden dangers of ambiguity in modern data processing, an...

A lot has changed in the past 10 years, including how we collect and analyze intelligence. This is Signals and Stories, 10 years with The Vertex Project, a limited series breaking down how analysts actually investigate threats. From infrastructure pivots and identity modeling, to the hidden impact of bad data and broken assumptions, to the biases and shortcuts that quietly derail analysis. We're u...