Director of Threat Intelligence

Lead intel production and strategic cyber insight

Executive threat intelligence path: collection management, intel production, ATT&CK mapping, stakeholder reporting, and fusion with SOC and IR.

Best for: Intel leads, CTI managers, and security leaders building intelligence functions.

Your destination

Director of threat intelligence delivering actionable intel to SOC, executives, and business units

Director of Threat IntelligenceHead of CTICyber Threat Intelligence ManagerIntel Fusion Lead

What you will achieve

Outcomes when you complete this learning path — your career destination.

Stand up intel requirements and collection plan
Deliver finished intelligence to SOC and leadership
Map threats to ATT&CK and business-critical assets
Measure intel program impact on detection and decisions

How this path helps your career

Threat intelligence directors enable proactive defense — senior roles in finance, government contractors, and global enterprises offer strong compensation.

Path milestones

Phases on the way to your destination — what you prove at each step.

Phase 1

Intel operating model

Requirements, sources, and ethics.

Define PIRs and consumers
Source vetting criteria

Phase 2

Production & fusion

Analysis, reporting, and dissemination.

Publish strategic assessment
Brief SOC on campaigns

Phase 3

Detection alignment

IOC/TTP flow to SOC and hunting.

Integrate intel into SIEM
Measure detection uplift

Phase 4

Executive storytelling

Risk narratives for leadership.

Quarterly threat landscape brief
Align to business geography

Resources to reach your destination

Technology roadmaps, tutorials, labs, and tools — everything bundled for this career path.

Roadmaps below are technology maps — focused guides for one skill area. They are stepping stones inside this career path, not the destination itself.