Thursday, November 6, 2025 | 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM ET
STEAK LUNCH INCLUDED
Location:
161 Berkeley Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02116
Join Intel 471 along with Boston’s top cybersecurity industry experts and esteemed peers at this exclusive vendor-neutral UnConference.
This event will take you through an immersive demonstration of how to Operationalize Threat Hunting through CTI. Discover how experts combine exclusive CTI insights and pair them with unparalleled behavioral threat hunt capabilities to defend against the industry’s top threats.
Our keynote speaker, Andy Piazza, the Senior Director of Threat Intelligence at Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, will explore strategies to enhance the effectiveness of intelligence teams by dismantling formal barriers, simplifying language and procedures, and cultivating greater accessibility.
Following our exclusive keynote presentation, Mike Mitchell, SVP of Threat Hunt Intelligence, and Will Glass, Sr. Intel Collection Manager, will share insights into the business impact and strategic value that security intelligence now contributes to elevating threat hunting to the next level.
We invite you to join the team for optional networking following the event.
9:30 AM: Arrival & Registration - Light Refreshments
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM: Welcome by Jason Passwaters | Chief Executive Officer
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM: Why so serious? Tips and Tricks to Building Effective Intelligence Teams by Andy Piazza | Senior Director, Threat Intelligence, Palo Alto Networks Unit 42
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM: Break
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM: Test Your Threat Actor Knowledge: "Is it Real or Fake?"
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM: Move Threat Hunting from Tactical to Visionary: How Threat Intelligence Advances Hunting to the Next Level by Mike Mitchell and Will Glass | SVP, Threat Hunt Intelligence and Sr. Intel Collection Manager
12:30 - 1:30 PM: Lunch
1:30 - 3:30 PM: Interactive Roundtable Discussions
* Optional networking to follow
Jason Passwaters | Chief Executive Officer
Jason, CEO, and co-founder of Intel 471, brings 24 years of experience, including construction of the Global Research department at iSIGHT Partners (now FireEye), who tracked the world’s most sophisticated cybercriminals in federal law enforcement, and conducted tactical intel collection through military operations. Jason is a proud 12 year veteran of the U.S Marine Corps.
Will Glass | Senior Intelligence Collection Manager
Will Glass is a Senior Collection Manager at Intel 471 and has worked in cybersecurity and intelligence for 15 years. Will supports clients via tailored briefings and operational support in using Intel 471’s reporting and technical resources. In prior roles he has led CTI and SecOps teams in the financial and healthcare sectors, and tracked threat actor groups for both private sector and US government organizations.
Mike Mitchell | Senior Vice President, Threat Hunt Intelligence
Mike is VP of Threat Hunt Intelligence, and prior to joining Intel 471 he was a co-founder of recently acquired threat hunting provider, Cyborg Security. While at Cyborg, he was a cross-functional founder focused on technical implementation, sales, product architecture, and managing the content development team and its deliverables. Mike has 12 + years of diverse cyber security experience from Senior Solutions and Security Engineer, Director of Sales Engineering to Co-Founder of Cyborg Security. Prior to his career in cyber security, Mike spent a number of years in pro baseball with the Colorado Rockies.
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