April 30, 2026 | 10:00-14:30
Join Intel 471 along with Dublin’s top cyber security industry experts at this exclusive vendor-neutral Lunch and Learn.
This event will take you through an immersive demonstration of operationalising threat hunting through CTI. Gather alongside like-minded professionals such as our keynote speaker, Robert McArdle, Director of Cybercrime Research at TrendAI. Engage in the interactive roundtable discussions amongst fellow CTI and threat hunting experts during this immersive half-day event. Lunch and coffee breaks will be provided.
Upon the conclusion of the Lunch and Learn, we will continue on with a social gathering where you’ll have the opportunity to network alongside new and old friends in the community.
We look forward to welcoming you there.
AGENDA:
10:00 - 10:30 - Registration and Welcome
10:30 - 11:15 - Keynote + Q&A
11:15 - 11:45 - Lightning talks/ Trivia
11:45 - 12:45 - Lunch break (Provided by Intel 471)
12:45 - 13:30 - Intel 471 Presentation
13:30 - 14:30 - Interactive Round table
14:30 - Afternoon break, End
Robert McArdle | Director of Cybercrime Research, TrendAI
Robert is a Director of TrendAI's Forward Looking Threat Research (FTR) and Adversary Intelligence and Monitoring (AIM) teams, with 20+ years of analysing and monitoring the latest Cybercrime threats - specializing in researching the future threat landscape, Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) and coordinating investigations with international law enforcement. Robert is a regular presenter for the press and at security conferences. He also has developed and lectured MSc modules in Malware Analysis and Cybercrime Investigations at Munster Technological University (MTU) and University College Dublin (UCD). He worries that his hobby and job are one and the same, and constantly wonders if "normal" people have that problem.
Eric Sigman | VP, Sales Strategy
Eric Sigman is Vice President of the Threat Hunting Product Suite at Intel 471 and has more than 15 years of experience in cybersecurity. He was a Co-Founder of Cyborg Security and has been instrumental in building and scaling multiple security startups, with a focus on threat hunting, threat intelligence, detection engineering, and SOAR. Eric combines a practitioner’s perspective with deep expertise in the business side of cybersecurity.
William Dixon, Sr. Intel Collection Manager
William Dixon works in the Intel471 Public Sector team. He started his career in the UK Intelligence Community, including significant experience working on a number of high-profile international cybercrime investigations. After leaving Government he was the Head of Future Networks and Technology at the World Economic Forum. He was also an executive at Barclays where he was the Global Head of Intelligence.
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