Black Hat 2025: Microsoft Experts Talk Threat Intelligence and Incident Response

Black Hat 2025: Microsoft Experts Talk Threat Intelligence and Incident Response

When a cyberattack occurs, Sherrod DeGrippo, director of threat intelligence strategy at Microsoft, imagines threat hunters and incident responders answering the call to action on a red rotary phone and swooping in to save the day — maybe even rappelling from helicopters like heroes in an action movie. To DeGrippo’s disappointment, panelists at Black Hat USA admitted Thursday that it’s nothing like that. The threat intelligence experts are “the …