Why Threat Intelligence: A Conversation With Unit 42 Interns

This article profiles two Unit 42 interns—Sakthi (Threat Research) and Gabrielle (Malware Reverse Engineering)—who describe their projects and learning, including automating data ingestion and enrichment, building fidelity scoring and analytics dashboards, triaging malware tickets, and creating tools to identify malware families and extract IOCs. They emphasize hands-on experience with real-world challenges, cross-team collaboration, and a supportive, innovation-driven culture that fosters growth in threat intelligence and cybersecurity.